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Butternut Squash Soup With Apples and Bacon
Rich, creamy butternut squash soup topped with sliced apple and crispy bacon is a perfect cold weather meal that can be made in one big pot, for easy cleanup
👥 9 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 50 min🔥 Cook: 40 min👤 Alexis Touchet📖 epicurious
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●blender
- ●pan
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cook bacon in a 6-quart heavy pot over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, then transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, reserving 2 tablespoons fat in pot. (Add vegetable oil if your bacon is very lean and doesn't yield enough fat.)
bacon, cut crosswise into ½-inch pieces6 slices
2
Cook celery, carrot, and onion in fat in pot over low heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until softened but not browned, 10 to ⏱️ 12 minutes. Add cinnamon and cook, uncovered, stirring, ⏱️ 1 minute.
carrot, chopped1medium onion, chopped1
3
While vegetables are cooking, peel potatoes and coarsely chop. Peel and core 1 apple and coarsely chop.
4
Stir squash, potato, chopped apple, stock, 2 cups water, 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper into onion mixture, then simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are very tender, 15 to ⏱️ 20 minutes.
medium onion, chopped1
5
Puree soup in 4 batches in a blender (use caution when blending hot liquids), then heat in cleaned pot over medium low heat, stirring occasionally. (Add additional ½ cup water to thin, if necessary.)
6
While soup is heating, cut enough of remaining apple into thin matchsticks (about 1½ inches long) to measure about ½ cup.
7
Serve soup topped with sour cream (if using), bacon, and apple matchsticks. Do Ahead: Soup can be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered once cooled. Cooked bacon can be kept refrigerated in an airtight container—reheat in a 375°F oven in a small baking pan. Editor’s note: This ‘Gourmet’ original recipe was first published in April 2011 as Butternut Squash and Apple Soup. Head this way for more of our best butternut squash recipes →
bacon, cut crosswise into ½-inch pieces6 slices
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