
How To Make Butternut Squash And Sweet Potato Soup
This butternut squash and sweet potato soup makes a rich autumn meal, that’s also loaded with tender apples and warm spices.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3tbspunsalted butter
- 2cupsyellow onions,roughly chopped
- 2lbspre cut butternut squash
- 2mediumsweet potatoes,peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks, about 1½ lbs before peeling
- 8cupschicken broth
- 1½tspsalt
- ½tspground black pepper
- 1½apple,(such as Fuji or Honeycrisp), cored, peeled and cut into ½ inch pieces
- 3tbsphoney
- ½tspground cinnamon
- ¼tspground mace
- â…›tspground nutmeg
- 1cupheavy cream
Instructions
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Melt the butter over medium heat in a large pot. Add the onions and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent.
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Add the butternut squash, sweet potatoes, chicken broth, salt, and pepper to the pot. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce the heat to low; simmer for 15 minutes until vegetables are very tender. Turn off the heat.
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Add the diced apple and honey and purée the soup with a handheld immersion blender until very smooth and creamy. (Alternatively, use a standard blender to purée soup in batches, being careful not to fill the jar more than halfway. Leave the hole in the lid open and loosely cover with a dish towel to allow the heat to escape. Pour the blended soup into a clean pot.)
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Stir in the cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, and heavy cream. Bring to a simmer, then taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
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To thicken the soup, simmer over low heat until desired consistency is reached.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 365.08kcal
- Fat:Â 18.47g
- Saturated Fat:Â 10.43g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.17g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 5.72g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 1.16g
- Carbohydrates:Â 44.30g
- Fiber:Â 4.90g
- Sugar:Â 20.19g
- Protein:Â 8.93g
- Cholesterol:Â 59.41mg
- Sodium:Â 815.88mg
- Calcium:Â 106.45mg
- Potassium:Â 886.35mg
- Iron:Â 1.70mg
- Vitamin A: 995.91µg
- Vitamin C:Â 29.84mg
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