My Favourite Soup

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This is a soup that is so easy it is ridiculous, it takes a little time but is well worth it and the time it does require it manages fine by itself so you can do other things.  Roasted Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup.

First things first halve, de-seed and score a butternut squash. Place the two halves on a baking tray…

then either drizzle with olive oil or for special occasions I smear with butter and pop in the oven gas mark 6 until roasted time will depend on size of your squash.

While that is roasting you can get the other half of the soup under way by peeling some sweet potatoes and boiling the kettle to make some veg stock.

Now I confess I haven’t used any actual measurements today as basically I was using up the sweet potatoes what I would say is that consider the actual size of your squash and match with potato then use enough stock to get it to the consistency you want, this soup can be very thick be warned so having extra stock handy to thin it can be useful.

Boil up the sweet potato and simmer until lovely and soft then once your squash is ready grab it from the oven.

Tip away and drain any excess oil/butter then scoop out all the flesh.

Be careful doing this I know saying it is hot sounds obvious but the steam coming off it can get you just as much as the squash itself.  Once you have all the flesh out add it to the sweet potatoes and blitz it all up.  For an everyday healthy soup season and add more stock if required to thin it then enjoy but for a special treat add some single cream to make it even more delicious.  This really is a favourite in my house and is great to freeze – if you can hold onto some long enough to get it in the freezer.