Creamy Butternut Squash Soup

As soon as the chilly season arrives, you'll love to cozy up with a bowl of warm, creamy butternut squash soup. Sauté onions, squash and apples in butter before stirring in chicken broth and orange juice. To season the soup and deepen the flavour even more, stir in wa... As soon as the chilly season arrives, you'll love to cozy up with a bowl of warm, creamy butternut squash soup. Sauté onions, squash and apples in butter before stirring in chicken broth and orange juice. To season the soup and deepen the flavour even more, stir in warm cinnamon and ginger. While this soup is delicious on its own, it's even better topped dried cranberries, pepitas and crumbled feta or try it with a dollop of sour cream and chopped pecans. We love serving this scrumptious butternut squash soup with anything from a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch or dinner, to typical Thanksgiving fare like herb roasted turkey, green bean casserole and stuffing muffins. Read More Read Less
15 min
PREP TIME
30 min
COOK TIME
9
INGREDIENTS

INGREDIENTS 6 SERVINGS

  • 2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) butter
  • 3/4 cup (175 milliliters) chopped onion
  • 1 butternut squash (about 2 pounds/1 kg) , peeled, halved, seeded and cut into 1-inch (2.5-cm) chunks
  • 1 medium Granny Smith apple , peeled, cored and cut into 1-inch (2.5-cm) chunks
  • 1 can (410 milliliters) reduced sodium chicken broth
  • 1/3 cup (75 milliliters) orange juice
  • 2 teaspoons (10 milliliters) Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon (5 milliliters) Ginger, Ground
  • 1 cup (250 milliliters) fat free half-and-half

Preparation

  • 1 Melt butter in large saucepan on medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir 3 minutes or until slightly softened. Add squash and apple; cook and stir 1 minute.
  • 2 Stir in chicken broth, orange juice, cinnamon and ginger. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 25 minutes or until squash is tender, stirring occasionally. Cool slightly.
  • 3 With center part of cover removed to let steam escape, puree soup in batches in blender on high speed until smooth. Return pureed mixture to saucepan. Stir in half-and-half. Cook on low heat until heated through. Ladle into soup bowls. Top with crumbled feta, dried cranberries and pepitas or a dollop of sour cream and chopped pecans, if desired.

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