I'm planning on making Squash Soup today to my own recipie. I've never made it before. How does this sound?

Question

Take 1 butternut squash, 1 small pumpkin, 1 onion, 2 sweet-potatoes, and 2 garlic cloves.
Chop all these up and toss them into a large pot with little drop of hot olive oil to brown for a few minutes.
While they're browning, mix up some stock using 1 veg and 1 chicken stock cube, then pour it into the pot.
Add some cumin powder, salt, pepper and a tiny pinch of curry powder.
Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover the pot and allow it to bubble away for a few hours until all the veg are soft.
Now, allow it to cool a bit, and pour it into a blender where it gets litzed until it becomes smooth with th etexture of lentil soup.
Now pour it back into the pot and put it over a low heat again to keep it warm.
Lastly, strain a tin of mixed beans (kidney beans, haricot beans, mung beans etc) and pour them into the soup and stir through.
Allow everything to warm through, then serve in a bowl with a big lump of freshly baked crusty bread.

Answer 1

It sounds really good, and good for you on making the effort.

11 out of 10 for content and you get my star.......xxx

Answer 2

yum-yum-yum! Does sound delicious. I prefer using butternut squash as it has more flavour than a lot of the other squash varieties. I too would prefer it without the added beans (more healthy and nutritious to add them, I know).

Apart from the fresh veg, most of your ingredients are of the 'store cupboard' type, which is good.
For a variation on a theme, I would use vegetarian stock (purely selfish, as I am veggie), plus I'd omit the spices and beans, and add instead a small amount of fresh orange juice (to personal taste) and some finely chopped flat leaf parsley. Don't use the curly parsley - less flavour. Your version sounds like a great autumn/winter soup. Maybe my version is more late summer friendly!

Answer 3

Way too long and way too much work
Try this .You can do it in under an hour and a half
Cut the squash and pumpkin in half
Remove seeds
Roast at 350 face down in a 1/4"of water until soft.
Roast the sweet potatoes in the same oven
When done scoop out all the pulps and run thru a food mill
Meanwhile make a thin veloute sauce using the onions ,and minced garlic
add your pureed pumpkin , squash and sweet potatoes to the veloute
Season
adjust thickness by whisking in small amounts of the roux to the slowly boling soup
eat

Answer 4

I wouldn't brown the squashes, just the onion and garlic. Add a bit of cinnamon to bring out the flavors. Other than that it sounds delicious all the way up until you add the beans!. I would skip them and save for bean soup! Good luck.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

That sounds yummy, although I wouldn't add salt. Stock cubes can be salty - test it before adding more.

When I make pumpkin / squash soup I always add a little cream and nutmeg as well.

Answer 7

Sounds lovely but I would leave out the mixed beans if I were you

Answer 8

It sounds delicious. Try adding a little cinnamon or nutmeg to the soup. It just adds that extra zing to the soup.

Answer 9

Sounds good until the part where you add the mixed beans.

Answer 10

Sounds lovely, I love butternut squash.