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The Easiest Butternut Squash Soup Ever
If you’re wanting a delicious soup recipe that screams the word “Fall”, then this delicious, mouth-watering soup recipe is for you! It’s super easy with minimal ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen cupboard. And it will FOR SURE leave your kitchen smelling like your grandma’s house during a thanksgiving dinner.
If you’re wanting a delicious soup recipe that screams the word “Fall”, then this delicious, mouth-watering soup recipe is for you! It’s super easy with minimal ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen cupboard. And it will FOR SURE leave your kitchen smelling like your grandma’s house during a thanksgiving dinner.
Butternut Squash Soup
First, we recommend gathering all of your ingredients to make the cooking process easier and faster for you. What you’ll need: butternut squash, salt, pepper, chicken stock, fresh rosemary, honey, cayenne pepper, white onion, and olive oil. Also, preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
Next, combine your Cayenne Pepper, Salt, Pepper, Rosemary, Honey, and Olive Oil into a bowl to form a homemade glaze that’s so gooey and smooth.
Once you’ve made your glaze, set it aside and get to work on slicing your Butternut Squash in half. Gut out the seeds of the core of the squash, and then slice cubes into the meat of the squash, being careful to not slice through the skin. Slicing the cubes allows for an even absorption of the glaze into the “meat” of the squash.
Place your squash on a baking sheet and brush with your delicious homemade glaze. Go ahead and pop them in the oven for about 45-60 minutes. You could cook them faster, but let’s be honest… when it comes to cooking, slower is always much better! While they’re in the oven, baste them in their own juices a few times.
While waiting for your squash to cook, cut your onion and begin caramelizing it in a large pot with your butter. This should be done over a low/medium heat. Again, slow and steady.
Once your squash is finished cooking, scoop into the large pot that your onion is cooking in. Add your chicken stock and blend with a hand blender. (You could also add those ingredients to a regular blender if you don’t have access to a hand blender.)
When you’ve finished blending, season with salt and pepper to taste, and you’re done! See… that wasn’t so bad was it? Basically you just have to cut up a squash, add a glaze, cook in the oven, and puree once done. Super easy, quick, and FULL of FLAVOR that will leave us feeling so cozy and embracing the warmth that this Fall season brings to our lives.
Butternut Squash Soup RECIPE
SERVINGS: 2-3 PEOPLE
INGREDIENTS
1 Butternut Squash
1 3/4 C Chicken Stock
1 T Rosemary
1 T Honey
1/4 t Cayenne Pepper
1/2 White Onion
1 T Olive Oil
1/4 t Salt (also to taste)
Pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Combine salt, pepper, rosemary, honey, and olive oil into bowl.
3. Slice squash in half. Gut seeds out of core. Slice cubes into the meat of squash.
4. Place on baking sheet and brush with glaze. Pop in oven for 45-60 minutes. (Baste in juices occasionally throughout cooking.)
5. Cut onion and begin caramelizing in a large pot with butter over medium/low heat.
6. Take cooked squash out of oven and scoop into pot that onion is cooking in. Blend with hand blender.
7. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
S I D E N O T E
If you do not have access to a hand blender, you can mix/puree ingredients by using a
regular blender instead.
Honey Drizzled Pears with Roasted Walnuts and Goat Cheese
Honey Drizzled Pears with Roasted Walnuts and Goat Cheese
With the savory, melted goat cheese topping the warm, sweet pears, combined with a crunch from the roasted walnuts, this recipe is sure to leave you and your guests going back for seconds, thirds, and maybe fourths? Perfect to be used as an appetizer or a dessert, this mouth-watering Fall recipe is just what you didn’t know you needed for you next gathering.
Honey Drizzled Pears with Roasted Walnuts and Goat Cheese
With the savory, melted goat cheese topping the warm, sweet pears, combined with a crunch from the roasted walnuts, this recipe is sure to leave you and your guests going back for seconds, thirds, and maybe fourths? Perfect to be used as an appetizer or a dessert, this mouth-watering Fall recipe is just what you didn’t know you needed for you next gathering.
The best part? You can find these sweet pears and freshly canned honey at your local Garden Valley Market stores in North Carolina. With pears so sweet and soft that they leave each bite to be desired, and delicious local honey produced from our hard working North Carolina bees, this recipe in combination with the cheese and walnuts is beyond desirable. We highly recommend you make this ASAP.
Let’s dive in, shall we?
Begin by preheating your oven to 425 degrees, Fahrenheit. Slice your pears into thick slices, about half an inch thick. (This allows your pears to be able to hold up all of those delicious toppings).
Next, place your pears evenly onto a baking pan and brush with melted butter.
Top with crushed walnuts and bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes.
Remove pears from oven and allow to cool slightly. Once pears have cooled to the touch, top with goat cheese and place in oven again for approximately 8 minutes. This allows the pears to cook a tad more and for the delicious, mouth watering goat cheese to become soft and melt onto the pears.
We used a blueberry goat cheese, but any goat cheese would be perfect for this recipe!
Remove pears from oven for the last time. (You can turn off your oven at this point). Allow to cool slightly, then transfer pears onto your prettiest serving dish. Trust us, these pears deserve a beautiful place setting.
Once pears are placed onto serving dish, drizzle with some fresh, local honey.
Eat while warm, and leave no pear behind.
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Honey Drizzled Pears with
Roasted Walnuts + Goat Cheese
SERVINGS: 8-12 people
TOTAL TIME: 20 minutes
INGREDIENTS
4 medium sized pears
Local honey
1 Tbsp. butter (melted)
1/2 C crushed walnuts
Goat Cheese
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Slice your pears into thick slices about half an inch thick.
Next, place your pears evenly onto a baking pan and brush with melted butter. Top with crushed walnuts and bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes.
Remove pears from oven and allow to cool slightly. Once pears have cooled to the touch, top with goat cheese and place in oven again for approximately 8 minutes.
Remove pears from oven for the last time. Allow to cool slightly, then transfer pears onto serving dish.
Once pears are placed onto serving dish, drizzle with some fresh, local honey. Enjoy while warm.
Side note: If making this recipe as a dessert, consider topping with your favorite vanilla ice-cream? The warm pears and cold ice cream are a wonderful combination to be desired.
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