Savory Butternut Squash Soup

This kosher recipe for Savory Butternut Squash Soup has so much flavor and texture that no one will ever believe that it's healthy! It is sweet and velvety and is a great starter for any Shabbat or Yom Tov meal. This recipe is kosher for Passover, gluten free, dairy free, pareve, vegan, and nut free.

There is nothing like starting a Shabbat or Passover meal with a steaming hot bowl of soup. Traditionally, soup recipes like our Easy Shabbat Chicken Soup are served. We are never satisfied with just one option for our meals so we like to switch things up with soups like our Hearty Mushroom Barley Soup. This recipe for Butternut Squash Soup is a nice change of pace from those soups and the natural sweetness of the squash and the onions taste great with challah or matzo.

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• Ingredients Used in Savory Butternut Squash
• Instructions on how to make the Best Savory Butternut Squash Soup from scratch
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• Substitutions in this recipe for Savory Butternut Squash Soup
• Recipe Variations
• Equipment Used to Make Dairy Free Squash Soup
• How to store this vegan soup recipe
• Health Benefits of Butternut Squash
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Ingredients Used in Savory Butternut Squash

This recipe uses ingredients that you should already have in your Pesach kitchen arsenal. The one exception to this is the butternut squash. Unless you cook with squash often, you probably don't have one of these laying around.

Most conventional grocery stores (even the small ones) have butternut squash so it shouldn't be hard to find. This recipe does not use any added sugar and has a more savory flavor than other butternut squash soups. Here's what you need to make this Squash Soup:

• Butternut squash - you will need to cook this, don't try to eat it raw.
• Onion - for sweetness and texture.
• Oil - to saute the onions.
• Garlic - for flavor, adds a little bit of a kick.
• Ginger - grated fresh ginger gives this soup an amazing flavor and aroma.
• Salt and black pepper - to taste.
• Chicken soup base - there are lots of good pareve kosher for Passover chicken soup bases to use. Adds tons of flavor.

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Instructions on how to make the Best Savory Butternut Squash Soup from scratch

Step 1 - Cook the butternut squash and onions

Cut the hard shell with a knife or pierce it with a fork a few times and roast it whole in a baking pan or on a baking sheet. The roasting turns the butternut squash from an inedible decoration into a delicious soft food perfect for soup. Our recipe for Easy Sweet Potato Soup uses a similar concept. Let the butternut cool for at least an hour or you will burn yourself when you cut it open.

Cook the onions and garlic cloves in extra virgin olive oil over medium heat until they are translucent. Cook them right in your soup pot. You are not looking for fully caramelized, just clear and light brown.

Step 2 - Combine the ingredients and heat

Remove the seeds from the butternut and scoop the insides out and add them to the pot with the onions.

Add the grated ginger, salt and black pepper.

Add the water and soup mix and heat until it is just starting to boil. Turn off the heat.

Step 3 - Blend

Now it is time to blend the ingredients together. The richness of the squash when blended is what gives this soup its velvety texture. We like to use an immersion blender for soups like this.

If you don't have an immersion blender (or if you don't have a dedicated Passover immersion blender) then you can also use a food processor, Vitamix, or blender but it will take longer.

Serve hot or chill and reheat later.

Top recipe tip

Butternut squash retains heat like hot ember from a fireplace so you really do need to let it cool before cutting into it at the end of Step 1. You can roast it and then refrigerate it until the next morning to be sure it is cool.

Substitutions in this recipe for Savory Butternut Squash Soup

• Beef soup powder or Consomme instead of chicken soup powder.
• Chicken broth or Vegetable Broth instead of the soup powder and water. If you are doing this, use the broth instead of the water and soup powder from the recipe. The fully cooked soup has all of the flavor and volume of these two ingredients.

Recipe Variations

• Dairy Butternut Soup - Substitute milk for 5 cups of the water from the recipe. This will change the consistency and flavor but is really nice to serve with a dairy meal.
• Butternut Soup with Toppings - Don't throw away the seeds from the roasted butternut squash; toast them and sprinkle over the top of the soup.
• Butternut Squash Carrot Soup - add 1 cup of chopped carrots in Step 2 of the recipe.

Equipment Used to Make Dairy Free Squash Soup

• 4 qt stock pot or soup pot
• Immersion blender or large blender. If you don't have one of these, you can transfer small amounts of the cooked ingredients to a blender for Step 3 of the recipe. Blend them and then pour them into a separate pot. Once completely blended and transferred, mix well. Reblend any chunks that are leftover.

How to store this vegan soup recipe

Butternut squash soup can be stored easily:

• Let it cool and cover with plastic wrap or transfer to an airtight container. Stores well in the refrigerator for 7 days.
• Freeze for up to 6 months. For this option, we like to pour the soup into airtight plastic bags as they stack well in the freezer.

Health Benefits of Butternut Squash

According to a WebMD post about butternut squash, butternut squash has tons of health benefits including high amounts of:

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Magnesium
• Potassium
• Calcium

All this and Butternut Squash Soup is low in calories

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