Oven Roasted Butternut Squash Soup - Easy Recipe!

One of my favorite Fall soup recipes is Butternut Squash soup and roasting the butternut squash in the oven brings out more of its natural sweetness. It takes a little time and effort to peel and cut this precarious squash, but this soup is so easy and delicious that it makes any extra effort you put into it totally worth it! You can customize it according to your taste preference. I like mine more on the savory side and add garlic - but of you prefer it sweeter you can actually add some apple to the pot! You can also create a creamy version by adding heavy cream or milk.

Begin by peeling and cutting one large butternut squash. I like ot cut mine into chunks about 1" inch thick - this helps speed up the baking time and also makes it easier to blend once cooked.

I added 4 garlic cloves into the baking pan with the squash,
Add some olive oil and salt and pepper - gently toss to combine and place in pre-heated oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit

All good soups start with a Mirepoix which is a combination of celery, carrot and onion.
In a large soup pot add 1 TBS cooking oil and 1 TBS butter
1 stalk celery thinly sliced
1 large or 2 small carrots - diced
1 medium onion - diced ( yellow or white onion is fine - you can even use shallots.)

I also add fresh thyme leaves - 1 TBS - if you use dried Thyme - use only 1/2 TBS.

Follow directions in video.

Sauté the mirepoix until tender, add salt and pepper to taste, add fresh thyme, add roasted squash and garlic - then add 3 cups of hot chicken stock or bone stock. You can also use veggie stock to make a vegan version. If you add cold stock to the pot it will take longer to bring back to a higher temperature which you need for simmering.

Once all ingredients are done simmering you want to blend it. If you don't have an immersion blender you can use a regular blender - BUT BE CAREFUL. Only fill the blender half way and blend on low speed - hot soup can cause an explosion of liquids to come out of your blender! So you will need to blend in batches.

If your soup does not turn out as thick as you would like it to be you can add some cream - but I like to add some cooked potato. If you add potato after blending you will need to blend once more to thicken the soup and make it creamy.

Hope you give this recipe a try!

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Happy Cooking!

Kristina @ Super Tasty Bites