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Butternut squash soup with chilli & crème fraîche

Butternut squash soup with chilli & crème fraîche
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  • Serves: 3-4

This Butternut squash soup with chilli & crème fraîche is perfect in the cold autumn and winter months. The addition of chilli to this simple butternut squash soup gives it a warming kick.

  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 butternut squash, (about 1kg)
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 onions
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2 fresh red chillies
  • 850ml hot vegetable stock
  • 4 tbsp crème fraîche, plus extra to serve

Method

If you want to try making this Butternut squash soup with chilli & crème fraîche, follow the recipe below.

Step 1

Start off by heating your oven to 200°C/180°C fan/Gas mark 6.

Step 2

Peel the butternut squash then cut into large cubes, about 4cm in size, then put into a large roasting tin with 1 tbsp of the olive oil and toss.

Roast for 30 mins, turning once during cooking, until the butternut squash is all golden and soft.

The oven roasted butternut squash in a roasting tin
The oven roasted butternut squash

Step 3

While the butternut squash is cooking in the oven, dice the onions and the garlic. Deseed and finely chop the chillies. Melt the butter with the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the diced onions, garlic and around three-quarters of the chillies.

The chopped onion and chillies being fried in a large pan

Step 4

Cover and cook on a very low heat for 15-20 mins until the onions are completely soft.

Step 5

Carefully tip the cooked butternut squash into the pan, then add the stock and crème fraîche. Once this is done whizz with a stick blender until smooth.

Step 6

Gently reheat the soup, then season to taste. Serve the soup in bowls with an extra dollop of crème fraîche and a scattering of the remaining chopped chilli.

The finished Butternut squash soup with chilli & crème fraîche served in a bowl.

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