Grilled Vegetables
Butternut Squash and Potato Soup Recipe
If you like potato soup and butternut squash soup, why not blend these two flavors and make this delicious potato and butternut squash soup recipe? The squash is grilled, giving the finished soup a delicate smoky flavor. Easy grilled vegetable recipes do not get much easier than this wonderful squash and potato soup recipe.
If you are unfamiliar with squash, try grilling it because it tastes way nicer than roasted or boiled squash and this butternut soup is so good. Grilled vegetables are ideal ingredients for soup recipes and this butternut squash soup recipe is likely to become one of your favorites because of its wonderful flavor and because it is so simple to create.
Creamy Potato and Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients -
1 butternut squash
4 cups chicken or vegetable bouillon
1 onion, diced
2 potatoes, peeled and diced
1 jalapeño, diced
1 bay leaf
3 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
Extra virgin olive oil
¾ cup light cream
Salt and black pepper
Fresh basil to garnish
Preparation:
Preheat the grill to medium.
Halve the squash and take the seeds out. Rub the olive oil down the squash flesh and season it with salt and black pepper. Grill the squash cut side down for 20 minutes.
Flip the pieces over and give it another 15 minutes. When the squash is fork tender, remove it from the grill and let it cool.
Scoop out the flesh and set it aside.
Melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat. Add the jalapeño and onion and cook for 5 minutes or until soft. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Add the potatoes, squash, bouillon and bay leaf, bring the mixture to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.
Remove the bay leaf and put the soup in the blender, in batches, to make it smooth.
Use the pulse setting and only fill it halfway because the soup is hot.
Stir in ½ cup of the cream and adjust the seasonings.
Garnish each bowl with the rest of the cream and some fresh basil.
(Serves 4)
A Picture of our Butternut Squash and Potato Soup Recipe - features wonderfully freshly grilled butternut squash you could even grill the potatoes for an extra special grilled flavor then puree the soup this is a great soup for a hot summer's day dinner.
