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Roasted butternut squash & Parmesan soup
This wonderfully simple, flavoursome soup is just the thing to keep the cold at bay. A small amount provides goodness if you have a tiny appetite.
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Prep time:15 minutes
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Cooking time:45 minutes
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Serves:4
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4.
- Put the squash on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, top with sprigs of thyme and roast for 25 minutes or until golden.
- Meanwhile, soften the onions and garlic in the butter.
- Add the stock and roasted squash.
- Cook until soft, then blend until smooth.
- Stir in the Parmesan and season to taste.
- Finish with a swirl of double cream, if extra calories are needed.
Ingredients
- 1.25kg butternut squash
- Sprigs of thyme, for roasting
- Olive oil, for drizzling
- 200g onions, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 75g butter
- 1.25l chicken or vegetable stock
- 100g Parmesan, finely grated
- 100ml double cream (optional)
- Sea salt and black pepper
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