Winter Squash Soup With A Sweet Heat

Serves: 4

Roxane Raynor

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

52

Spice

51

Sweetness

58

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tbsp

Butter

2 stalks

Celery (chopped)

1 tsp

Salt

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)

2

Place squash, cut-side down, in a baking pan and add 1-inch of water

3

Cover pan with aluminum foil

4

Bake squash in the preheated oven until tender, about 1 hour

5

Cool until able to handle, about 15 minutes

6

Scoop flesh into a bowl and discard squash skin

7

Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat

8

Cook and stir onion, celery, poblano pepper, and jalapeno pepper in hot butter until softened but not browned, about 15 minutes

9

Stir chicken broth, cooked squash, and salt into onion mixture; bring to a boil

10

Reduce heat to low and simmer until flavors blend, about 30 minutes

11

Blend soup with an immersion blender or in batches in a blender until smooth

12

Stir brown sugar into soup; simmer for 10 minutes

13

Adjust brown sugar to taste