Sweet and Smokey Butternut Squash Soup
This soup is hearty without being heavy and filled with wonderful smokey, sweet and savory flavors!
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 5 cups butternut squash - peeled and diced, this is roughly 1 large butternut squash
- 1 cup onion - diced
- 1/2 cup celery - diced
- 1 large gala apple - peeled, cored and diced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 5 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- dash of cayenne
- 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 cup milk or cream
- Toppings:
- Toasted and buttered bread cut into chunks
- Cooked bacon diced or bacon bits will work too.
Instructions
- In a large stock pot, add butternut squash, onion, celery, apple, olive oil and salt and cook over medium-high heat for a few minutes or until the bottom of the pan starts to lightly brown.
- Add the water and stir.
- Add smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, dried sage, honey, soy sauce and sugar and bring to a boil then reduce to a low boil and cook for 10 minutes or until squash is softened.
- Add your milk or cream and use your immersion blender to blend the soup smooth.
- If using a blender, remove from heat and let cool slightly before blending so it doesn't explode on you.
- Toast some bread and butter it then cut into chunks and place on top of soup along with bacon bits or cooked bacon.