RECIPE: Squash Soup with Ginger and Apple (Vegan)

[Guest guest]

Hi group!

 

This is more or less the recipe I sent to VegetarianSlimming last

evening, so just ignore if you're on that list ;=)

 

Yesterday I felt the need for soup. I'm not much one for recipes for

soup and I had limited 'quick' soup makings in my kitchen, so I came up

with this one. It used up a butternut squash (but I figure I would have

used any kind of squash if it had been there) and a few other bits and

pieces I found here and there. I used a powdered veggie stock base

because I see my freezer is out of all but dark/mushroom stock which

would not have provided the lighter taste I wanted. The spices are very

much to my own taste - all 'invented' soups in this household tend to be

spicy - so add, modify, delete, whatever, to yours if you want to try it

;=)

 

SQUASH SOUP WITH GINGER AND APPLE (VEGAN)

 

1 tablespoon or less olive oil*

1 medium onion, chopped

2 stalks celery, thinly sliced

2 smallish apples, cored and peeled and diced

3 tablespoons grated ginger root

5 cups/800 grams butternut (or other) squash, diced

4 cups/1 litre vegetable stock (*not* the kind with tomato in it)

2 teaspoons hot sauce

sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

chopped cilantro and a little grated lemon zest to garnish

 

Sweat the onions and celery in the oil over medium heat until onion is

transparent, add the ginger and apple and stir a moment or two longer,

then add the squash, stir for a few minutes with the other ingredients,

and pour in the stock. Bring to the boil on high heat, lower heat and

simmer for 15 minutes or so (until vegetables are cooked).

 

Put the soup with vegetables into the blender until all smooth, reheat,

adjust seasonings, serve and garnish. I used a little chopped cilantro

because that's all I had and anyway I'm mad for it, but chives would do

nicely too.

 

*NOTE: for those who don't like to use oil, I've made other soups not

dissimilar to this one without using oil at all - just 'sautee' the

onions, etc., in a little stock and then simmer the whole lot together.

It'll work just fine ;=)

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SANTBROWN

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[Guest guest]

That sounds really good. You are quite a creative cook.

Thanks for sharing it; I just put a copy in our soup file.

 

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I will find something in them to hang him.

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, Sant & Brown

<santbrown@l...>

wrote:

> Hi group!

>

> This is more or less the recipe I sent to VegetarianSlimming last

> evening, so just ignore if you're on that list ;=)

>

> Yesterday I felt the need for soup. I'm not much one for recipes for

> soup and I had limited 'quick' soup makings in my kitchen, so I

came up

> with this one. It used up a butternut squash (but I figure I would

have

> used any kind of squash if it had been there) and a few other bits

and

> pieces I found here and there. I used a powdered veggie stock base

> because I see my freezer is out of all but dark/mushroom stock which

> would not have provided the lighter taste I wanted. The spices are

very

> much to my own taste - all 'invented' soups in this household tend

to be

> spicy - so add, modify, delete, whatever, to yours if you want to

try it