Bright, wholesome and the best roasted butternut squash soup with apple and cream.
This easy butternut squash soup with deep beautiful flavors will be your new fall soup favorite!
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Ingredients
For this recipe, you will need a handful of ingredients.
These are some of the main ingredients that add all the flavors to your autumn squash soup recipe.
Butternut squash
The butternut squash is roasted in this recipe because roasting releases the natural sugars in your winter squash.
That means your butternut squash is caramelizing a bit and that way you will get a lot of natural flavors into your roasted squash soup.
You can use large or small butternut squash, it doesn't matter because the squash is cut into cubes to roast in the oven later.
Apple
Yep, I did it. I added an apple to this soup.
Why? Because I have done it before in my mulligatawny soup and I love the combination of roasted butternut squash apple soup.
You are going to love the addition of apple in this soup!
You can use a granny smith because this green apple will add more sour flavors to your soup, which in turn will balance the natural sweetness of your roasted butternut squash.
Ginger and Garlic
Ginger and Garlic go hand in hand.
The ginger adds a warm fall-like touch to your soup and the garlic mellows the ginger while bridging the taste.
Seasoning
The seasoning is easy and compliments the roasted butternut squash, apple, and ginger-garlic flavors.
The seasoning includes:
- Cumin
- Coriander Seed
- Paprika
- Black Pepper
- Salt
Other ingredients
I also add sliced onion, stock, olive oil and cream to the soup.
You can use a regular white onion or a red/purple onion in this recipe, the choice is up to you.
For the stock, I use vegetable stock, such as concentrated stock from Knorr mixed with water, or a bouillon cube mixed in water or homemade vegetable broth or commercial broth.
You can use extra virgin olive oil in this recipe (yes you can heat up extra virgin olive oil).
You can choose to add regular liquid cream, fresh cream, heavy cream or half and half.
Instructions Overview
Step 1
Peel and cut your squash into same-sized cubes.
Place the squash cubes into a mixing bowl with olive oil, salt, and black pepper.
Mix everything well so that your butternut squash pieces are well coated with the oil.
Step 2
Spread your squash out over a baking sheet and roast the squash in the oven until cooked through.
Step 3
Heat up a pan with the olive oil and onion and cook the onion soft.
Add the ginger, garlic, roasted squash and apple and combine.
Step 4
Add the seasoning, the cumin, coriander seed powder, paprika, salt, and black pepper.
Pour in the stock, mix everything, cover and cook.
Step 5
Cook your winter squash soup until your ingredients are soft.
Blend your soup smooth with an immersion blender. Enrich the soup with cream and mix well over the stove.
Your soup is ready when it's cooked, and it starts to bubble up.
Serve hot with garnish.
📖 Recipe
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Recipe
Ingredients
To roast Butternut Squash
- 2 Pounds Butternut Squash
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- Pinch Black Pepper Ground
For the Soup
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 Onion sliced
- 1 Inch Ginger Fresh chopped
- 2 Pieces Garlic Cloves chopped
- 1 Apple cut into small pieces
- 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds Ground
- 1 Teaspoon Coriander Seeds Ground
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- 1 Teaspoon Paprika Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 5 Cups Broth veg or chicken
- ⅓ Cup Cream table cream or sour cream
Instructions
To roast squash
- Peel your butternut squash. Cut the squash into same-sized cubes.2 Pounds Butternut Squash
- Place the butternut squash into a mixing bowl and add olive oil, salt, and black pepper. Mix so that the squash is covered in oil.1 Tablespoon Olive Oil, 1 Teaspoon Salt, Pinch Black Pepper Ground
- Line an oven tray with a parchment paper and arrange squash cubes on it so that they are spread out.
- Roast the butternut squash in the oven for about 20 minutes or until cooked through at 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius.
To prepare the soup
- Heat up a pot with the olive oil and sauté your sliced onion. Cook until soft on medium heat.1 Tablespoon Olive Oil, 1 Onion
- Add in your chopped ginger and garlic and your roasted butternut squash cubes and apple pieces. Combine everything in a lower heat setting.1 Inch Ginger Fresh, 2 Pieces Garlic Cloves, 1 Apple
- Season with the spices, the cumin, coriander seed powder, paprika, black pepper and salt and mix over a lower heat setting.1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds Ground, 1 Teaspoon Coriander Seeds Ground, ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground, 1 Teaspoon Paprika Powder, 1 Teaspoon Salt
- Pour in your broth and mix.5 Cups Broth
- Cover and cook over medium heat until all your ingredients look soft. Stir occasionally. That can take about 10 minutes.
- With a hand blender, blend your soup smooth. Heat up your soup over a lower heat setting.
- Pour in your cream and mix. Cook 2 more minutes and you are done.⅓ Cup Cream
- Serve hot with a garnish of your choice (see garnish suggestions in the post)
Equipment
- 1 Hand Blender
Nutrition
Tips
Over the years I made this butternut squash soup a few times, but I also received a lot of feedback from readers who made this soup at home and at times adjusted it to their needs.
Here are some of the tips that I collected:
- To thicken the soup and to omit cream, you can add 2 carrots during the cooking process.
- Instead of cream, try using coconut milk for an exotic touch.
- Some people liked to add 2 apples instead of 1.
- Most people preferred using chicken broth.
- Try using different apple varieties. Someone made it with Honeycrisp apples, and this variety isn't as sour.
Garnish
You can garnish your apple butternut squash soup with a dollop of sour cream or fresh cream.
I like the thicker cream varieties because they thicken the soup nicely.
BUT when I try to control my weight and calorie intake, I tend to just add some fresh herbs or spices to top my butternut squash soup.
Here are some herb butternut squash soup toppings:
- Parsley — that's a classic choice of herb to garnish your soup.
- Cilantro — if you enjoy cilantro. Works great with the spices in the recipe.
- Chives — to add a sharp touch to your soup.
- Garden Cress — Those are young delicate sprouts, similar to chives.
- Other Sprouts — such as radish sprouts, pea sprouts. Those add some nutrition to your food too.
You can also garnish your bowl of soup with the following ingredients:
- Paprika or Cayenne powder — that's what I used in the pictures.
- Zaatar seasoning — amazing Mediterranean seasoning.
- Pumpkin Seed Oil or Olive Oil — The first one adds a lot of flavors.
- Balsamic Vinegar — a few drops can make it all special.
- Maggie Seasoning — Paul loves this topping.
Serving
You can serve this soup as a starter or as a stand-alone soup.
I tend to enjoy my butternut squash soup for dinner as the main course dish with bread, and I love roasted butternut squash with garlic butter bread.
I think flatbreads such as Italian focaccia, middle eastern zaatar manoushe or Indian nan or chapati are great with this soup too.
Freeze
Yes, you can freeze this butternut squash soup! Here is how I do it.
I prepare and cook my soup as per the recipe further below. Then I make batches and keep the soup in square Tupperware containers. The containers are then kept in the freezer so that the soup freezes.
I usually freeze a batch for 2 servings or 1 serving, but you can also freeze a larger batch in one big container if you need to feed your family on a busy night.
To thaw the soup, simply place the frozen soup into a pot on the fire.
The soup will melt gradually over medium heat on the stove and turn into a creamy liquid soup once again. Then just heat the soup enough so that you can serve it hot.
You can store the soup in rectangular glass containers which can be stacked in the fridge and placed into the oven or microwave to reheat your soup.
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