Butternut Squash Recipes

Butternut Squash Soup

This is the perfect appetizer or side dish for Thanksgiving, but easy enough to make for an everyday dinner. 

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Equipment

• 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
• 1 Large onion, chopped
• 4 large garlic cloves, chopped
• 4 cups low-salt chicken broth
• 3 pounds butternut squash, cleaned, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
• Croutons
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 baguette
• 1 cup Gruyere cheese, grated

Instructions

 

• Melt butter in large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Add broth and squash, plus about a cup of water, or just enough to barely cover the squash; bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low, then cover and simmer until squash is very tender, about 20 minutes.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender, or use a blender. (Be careful and do not fill blender more than half for hot liquid—it will take several batches to puree all the soup.) In the same pot, stir in cream and bring the soup back to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper to taste. 
• For croutons: Preheat broiler. Drizzle olive oil on bread slices. Sprinkle cheese over. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil until cheese melts, about 1 minute. Ladle soup into bowls. Top each with croutons and serve.

Notes

• Optional Tweaks: This soup makes a great base for playing around with flavors, so customize it according to your taste! For a little sweetness, add a drizzle of maple syrup. Or for a savory spin, add a touch of curry powder or chili flakes. Kelsey even makes this soup with half butternut squash and half delicata squash, if you want to play with different squash flavors

For Thanksgiving and beyond, fresh squash grown right here at Vala’s Pumpkin Patch is one of the most iconic flavors of fall. We cannot get enough of it! And this year, with a bumper crop, we’re selling it for pick-up November 25th, the day before Thanksgiving. This is a treat! There are a million ways to cook squash, but here is a roundup of some recipes across the web and one recipe from The Vala’s Pumpkin Patch Cookbook, just to get you started.