Butternut Squash soup

Butternut squash, Orange and Ginger soup

 

I have a fantastic cookery book. 

No it’s not Bradley Wiggins lost side burns guide to stir-frying on wheels… because as far as I’m aware that book does not exist.  It’s the New Covent Garden food co Soup for all seasons recipes book!

It is without a doubt the most amazing soup based book I have ever read… OK, it’s the only soup based book I’ve ever read. But it’s still amazing.

The soup I’m making today is Butternut squash, Orange and Ginger soup.

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For this I need the following ingredients:

4 tablespoons of olive oil

1 large onion

1 clove of garlic, Freshly sliced

1 medium butternut squash, peeled and roughly chopped

¾ teaspoon ground ginger

565ml (1pint) vegetable stock

100ml (3 ½ fl. oz) Orange juice

6 tablespoons single cream

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Now I need to heat the oil in a pan and add the garlic and onions. They need to be cooked til they are sort but have not started to brown. Then put in the chopped squash and the ground ginger. Cook for another 5 minutes. 

 

 Add the stock and the orange juice.

After that add the stock and the orange juice and bring it to boil, then cover it over and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes (until the butternut squash is tender). Check often and stir so as not to have your ingredients stick to pan.

Blend it or if you don’t have a blending device I guess you could try mashing it (not sure what it’ll look like in the end though). 

 

Return to the pan and spoon in the cream and add salt and pepper to taste before reheating gently for another 5 minutes.

 (this was approximately taken from the book. It's not worded like this)

That said, I’m using double cream and adding a little extra orange and ginger but its all down to taste. If you are cooking for more than just yourself then it’s usually a good idea not to make changes to a recipe.

I’ve added some pictures. I hope they help give you some idea of the process. Though I can't imagine they really could help    = )

I heartily recommend this book. Get it and use it and try to make so much soup that it eventually  comes out of your ears (it hasn’t worked for me so far and I’ve given it a darn good go).

This company make very nice chilled soups and some seasonal editions that are well worth trying.