Chef Christina Pirello
Creamy Squash Bisque
Creamy Squash Bisque
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Category
Soup & Stew
Cuisine
French
Servings
6 - 8 servings
Prep Time
1 hour 45 minutes
Cook Time
55 minutes
Ingredients
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2 pounds Winter Squash Sampler (e.g. Butternut, Delicata, Buttercup)
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5 cups vegetable stock (see recipe below)
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1/2 cup apple juice
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1 teaspoon fresh ginger juice
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Pinch nutmeg, grated
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Melissa's Spice Grinders, use Sea Salt
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1 onion, cut lengthwise into thin slices
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Organic green onions or leeks, small, cleaned, and diced
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2 cloves organic garlic, unpeeled
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Melissa's Spice Grinders, use Sea Salt
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8 cups water, spring or filtered
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1 organic carrot, diced
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2 stalks organic celery, diced
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2 cups mushrooms, brushed and left whole
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1 bay leaves
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2 sprigs fresh organic parsley
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Sprigs basil (fresh or dried) or Rosemary (optional)
Vegetable Stock
Directions
Creamy Squash Bisque
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Halve the squash, place on a baking sheet, cut side down, and bake until tender when priced with a fork, 35-45 minutes.
Cool squash slightly. Remove and discard seeds.
Puree pulp in a food processor or mill. Gradually stir in stock.
Transfer to a soup pot over low heat and add apple juice, ginger juice, and nutmeg. Lightly season with sea salt and simmer, covered, 10 minutes.
Serve garnished with fresh dill sprigs.
Vegetable Stock
Add onions, garlic, sea salt and about 1/2 cup of the water to a soup pot over low heat.
Simmer about 15 minutes. Add the remaining water and other ingredients and bring the stock to a boil.
Reduce heat to low and cook, uncovered, about 1 hour.
Pour the stock through a strainer, pressing as much liquid as you can from the vegetables before discarding them.
Recipe Note
Ginger juice is obtained by finely grating fresh ginger root and squeezing the juice from the pulp.
Filed in:
Basil,
Bay Leaves,
Carrots,
Celery,
Creamy Squash Bisque,
Garlic,
Ginger,
Green Onions,
Melissa's Spice Grinders,
Mushrooms,
Nutmeg,
Onion,
Organic Carrots,
Organic Celery,
Organic Green Onions,
Parsley,
Rosemary,
Shiitake Mushroom,
Soup,
Soup & Stew,
Whole Nutmeg,
Winter Squash Sampler
