This recipe is from the post: Super Soup Supper

2 medium butternut squashes, split in half lengthwise, seeded
1 large onion, peeled and quartered
2 small apples, cut in half, cored, seeded
olive oil
4 cups low sodium chicken stock
1-14 oz. can light coconut milk
1/3 cup water
1/4 tsp Chinese Five Spice
2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more to taste
1 chopped scallion, white and green parts, for garnish (optional)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with foil, then grease the foil with olive oil. Rub a tiny bit of olive oil all over the squash, apple and onion and place them cut side down on the baking sheet. Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until the vegetables are tender, the skins are shriveled and pulling away from the flesh…this will take less time for the apples and the onions most likely, so check them at about 20 minutes into the cooking time and pull them out, then let the squash finish cooking.

When the vegetables and fruit are tender, remove from the oven, let them cool enough to handle, and remove the skin from the squash and apple and any charred parts of the onion if there are any, but keep the caramelized parts as it adds flavor. Put the veg and fruit and put into a soup pot and mash it up well with a potato masher. Add the chicken stock and the coconut milk, then stir in the cayenne, Chinese five spice, ginger and about 1 teaspoon of salt, and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce the heat to simmer and allow the soup to cook for about 10 minutes, stirring every once in a while. After 10 minutes are up, remove the soup from the stove and puree with a stick blender, or in batches in a regular blender, until the soup is a smooth consistency. Return the soup in the pot to the stove and heat through unti it just begins to simmer again, taste for seasoning and add salt if needed. Remove from the heat and serve. A few chopped scallions on top is festive and tasty!

Recipe © 2011 Betsy Burts. All reproduction rights reserved.