It is Soup time folks!

I am sure that you will all agree that there is nothing nicer than arriving home to the wonderful, warm, inviting aroma's of soup cooking.....mmmm...Winter must have arrived!

My all time favourite is Butternut Soup, with many twists to it. It may be prepared with  roasted fruits and vegetables, or creamed with coconut milk or cream..... or curried, with a slight Malay twist to it.

Today, however, I am going to share my Roasted Butternut Soup recipe with you.

Served up in style with the charger plate and all.

To start with, I roasted my fruit and vegetable selection in roasting trays sealed with foil. Snip a few sprigs of rosemary from the garden and scatter amongst your vegetables.

Ingredients:
2 Large Butternuts
2 Large Onions
4 Large Potatoes
4 Apples
Juice of 2 Oranges
Garlic to sprinkle
Olive Oil
Coarse Salt
Black Pepper
Sprigs of Rosemary
Dried Mixed Herbs
Chilli Paste ( optional)
2 Stock Cubes, or Fresh Stock

Place peeled and quartered fruit and vegetables in roasting trays, scattered with salt, pepper, herbs, garlic and a generous sprinkle of Olive Oil. Seal with foil and bake in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees C until soft and tender.

Do not forget the compost heap, so save the seeds, peels and pips from all your fruits and vegetables.

Your garden will be grateful, and soon you should have little butternut squash seedlings pushing up through the soil.

When the fruit and vegetables are cooked through and soft, remove from the oven and place in a deep saucepan with stock to blend if using a hand blenber, or place in a food processor and blend.

Remove rosemary sprigs and prepare stock to add to the roasted vegetables.

Add stock to the vegetables and blend or puree in a food  processor.

 

Blending the butternut selection and the potato and onion selection.

Ready for serving, the final product..... thick, smooth and filling. 

 

Serve and enjoy with a glass of Sherry...yes, this is the taste of Winter!

More soup inspiration next time. Keep warm and cosy.... cuddle up next to the fire!