Acorn Squash & Basil Soup
Acorn Squash & Basil Soup

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Turn acorn squash upside down onto a cookie sheet. Spread butter on inside of each squash half. In a small bowl combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and small pinch of salt.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook acorn squash & basil soup using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Acorn Squash & Basil Soup:
  1. Prepare 1 acorn squash
  2. Prepare 2 garlic cloves
  3. Get 1/2 tbsp butter, or vegan butter
  4. Take 2/3 cup hot water
  5. Get 1/3 cup heavy cream, or coconut milk
  6. Get 1/2 chicken bouillon, or vegetable bouillon
  7. Make ready salt
  8. Make ready 2 tsp dry basil
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, or to taste

This is as easy as it comes: you simply halve and hollow out acorn squash, then fill the hollow center with butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, and salt…then you bake it. The results is a soft, flavorful squash that's dripping with all the good things in life. Always a favorite at our Thanksgiving table is baked acorn squash. The hardest part is cutting the squash in half—you need a sharp sturdy knife and a strong, steady hand.

Instructions to make Acorn Squash & Basil Soup:
  1. Peel and chop acorn Squash into small cubes. Peel and using your knife flatten garlic cloves
  2. Boil squash and garlic cloves for 5-10 minutes, until fork tender.
  3. Using a strainer, remove squash and garlic from boiling water and pour into a high power blender.
  4. To the squash and garlic, add in the water, cream, butter, and below seasonings.
  5. Blend together until sooth in texture. Pour back into the same pot that you boiled your Squash in, and let it simmer on medium-low heat for 3 minutes. Then serve!!

But then all you have to do is scoop out the seeds, score the inside, dot with butter and brown sugar or maple syrup and bake. Savory, sweet and nutritious, acorn squash is versatile and delicious. Try some of our favorite recipes that showcase this seasonal vegetable. Acorn squash is a delicious type of winter squash, alongside other gourds like pumpkin, butternut squash, and spaghetti squash. As with other fall favorites, peak season is October to March but it's available year-round.

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