The Dogmother Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I am lucky enough some friends who trade chicken manure for their organically grown veg... this delivery, I was given sweet potatoes, butternuts and a small pumpkin so I adapted this recipe and found it to be delicious; I made it with double cream as the recipe suggested, but on tasting it, it would probably be super with coconut milk. Sweet potatoes Butternut Squash Pumpkin 1 tbspn clear honey 1 tbspn olive oil 2 onions, chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 litre of veg or chicken stock (I used home made chicken stock, but Kallo organic is a good instant one) 1tsp cinnamon 1tsp nutmeg 100ml double cream or coconut milk Halve and de-seed the squash and pumpkin, score, drizzle with olive oil, season and bake in the oven until soft. Peel and dice the sweet potato and steam until soft. Scoop; out the roasted squash etc and put all of them on a baking tray, drizzle with honey and bake again until they start to look a bit caramelised. Fry onions, then add garlic, stock, cinnamon and nutmeg, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 mins Remove the squash and other stuff from the oven, pop it in the pan with the stock, and blend until smooth with a stick blender. Stir in the cream, season and simmer gently then serve. This is a lovely, rich and warming soup which freezes well. I have halved the amount of garlic in the original recipe as it's pokey... even for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Mmm, sounds lovely . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Is it a bit sweet? My Mum makes a butternut squash soup which everyone else loves but I find it too sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Not really, and I don't like sweet stuff much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Have to try this These are my 2 favourite vegetables. Thanks Dogmother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Sounds yummy! Must give this a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 The Jamie Oliver Sweet Potato and Chorizo soup is divine, and I don't care for sweet tasting veg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Ooo I may have to try that, because I love chorizo and also not fond of veg that is too sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
