Squash And Sweet-Potato Soup With Chipotle Sauce

Serves: 4

Jewel Boehm

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

53

Spice

37

Sweetness

60

Sourness

35

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tbsp

Olive Oil

1 large

Onion (chopped)

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 400°F

2

Brush cut sides of squash with 1/2 teaspoon oil and arrange, cut sides down, in a shallow baking pan

3

Prick sweet potatoes all over with a fork and roast with squash until very tender, about 50 minutes for squash and about 1 1/4 hours for sweet potatoes

4

Cool vegetables and scoop flesh from squash into a bowl

5

Peel sweet potatoes and add to squash

6

Cook onion in remaining 2 1/2 teaspoons oil with salt to taste in a 6-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes

7

Stir in squash and sweet potato, leek, ginger, and 8 cups stock and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes

8

Purée in batches in a blender (use caution when blending hot liquids), transferring to a clean pot

9

Bring to a simmer and, if too thick, add more stock

10

Season with salt and white pepper

11

Finish with lemon juice and, if desired, honey

12

Serve soup drizzled with some chipotle sauce or swirl sauce in to make a pattern

13

Preheat oven to 400°F

14

Brush cut sides of squash with 1/2 teaspoon oil and arrange, cut sides down, in a shallow baking pan

15

Prick sweet potatoes all over with a fork and roast with squash until very tender, about 50 minutes for squash and about 1 1/4 hours for sweet potatoes

16

Cool vegetables and scoop flesh from squash into a bowl

17

Peel sweet potatoes and add to squash

18

Cook onion in remaining 2 1/2 teaspoons oil with salt to taste in a 6-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes

19

Stir in squash and sweet potato, leek, ginger, and 8 cups stock and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes

20

Purée in batches in a blender (use caution when blending hot liquids), transferring to a clean pot

21

Bring to a simmer and, if too thick, add more stock

22

Season with salt and white pepper

23

Finish with lemon juice and, if desired, honey

24

Serve soup drizzled with some chipotle sauce or swirl sauce in to make a pattern