Apple And Butternut Squash Bisque Food

APPLE AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH BISQUE

Steps:

• Combine squash, apples, onion, rosemary, marjoram, salt, sugar, pepper and stock in heavy saucepan.
• Bring to a boil and simmer 1 hour.
• Strain squash and apples from soup, puree in electric blender and return to soup.
• Melt butter in a separate saucepan.
• Add flour, mix well and pour soup through a strainer over the flour mixture, a little at a time.
• Stir well with a whisk.
• Bring to a boil.
• Stir half-and-half into soup and heat through but do not boil.

CURRIED BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND APPLE BISQUE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place squash onto a baking sheet cut-side down.
• Bake squash in preheated oven until the skin loosens from the flesh, about 40 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a 5-quart stockpot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until the onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add vegetable stock, curry sauce, and apples to the stockpot; bring to a simmer, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Cut squash into 1-inch cubes; add to the stockpot. Bring the mixture again to a simmer, place a cover on the pot, and cook, stirring once every 15 minutes, until the squash is tender and breaks apart easily when stirred, about 2 hours.
• Remove pot from heat and blend soup with an immersion blender until completely pureed. Pour coconut cream into the soup; continue blending until creamy. Top each serving with toasted pine nuts and a couple of leaves of cilantro.

SQUASH AND APPLE BISQUE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except the sour cream in a 31/2 to 6 quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heating 8 to 10 hours (or on a high heat setting for 3 to 5 hours) or until squash is tender.
• Place one third to one half of the mixture at a time in a blender or food processor, cover and blend on high speed until smooth. Return mixture to the slow cooker.
• Stir in the sour cream. Cover and cook on a low heat setting for 15 minutes or until the soup is hot. Stir.
• Garnish each serving with a dollop of sour cream or unflavoured natural yoghurt (preferably Greek yoghurt), and swirl it into the soup with the tip of a knife.
• For crunch and colour, sprinkle with poppy seeds or chopped pecans.
• If serving chilled: garnish with thin slices of Granny Smith apples and a sprinkling of finely chopped crystalised ginger.
• Chef's Notes: I made this with butternut pumpkin rather than squash, simply because that's what was available. To simplify the preparation stage, I wrapped the two halves of the butternut pumpkin I'd bought in foil and steamed them in a low oven for about an hour. The pumpkin was then easy to scoop out, and I chopped it roughly with a large spoon after I'd put it in the crockpot. I used three onions, roughly chopped, and two leeks, and instead of apple sauce, I used 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped. I also did the blending with an immersion blender. I simply removed half of the soup into a bowl, and blended each half, then returned what I'd removed to the crockpot. It smelt delicious while it was cooking, and tasted great.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH BISQUE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Rinse squash, cut in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds.
• Places halves cut side down in a 12 by 7 inch baking pan.
• Peel, halve and core apples, add to pan.
• along with 1/4 cup water.
• Bake in a 400 degree oven until squash is tender when pierced, about 45 minutes, When cool enough to handle, scoop out flesh of squash from peels, discard peel.
• In a blender or food processer, (I use a hand blender, works great, this way you can do it right in the pan),Blend squash,apples and broth until smooth.
• Pour into 3 to 4 quart pan.
• Add wine, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and chili flakes.
• Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, and reduce heat to simmer, stirring occasionally to blend flavors, about 15 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste, and stir in chives.

WILLIAMS-SONOMA WINTER SQUASH AND APPLE BISQUE

Steps:

• Peel and seed the butternut squash and cut into 2-inch chunks.
• Peel and core the apples and cut into 2-inch chunks.
• In a soup pot over medium-high heat, melt the butter.
• Saute the onion and shallots until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add the apples and squash and cook until nicely coated, about 3 minutes longer.
• Add the stock and rosemary and bring to a simmer. Add the thyme.
• Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, covered, until the vegetables are very tender, about 25 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Using a hand-held or standing blender, puree the soup until smooth.
• Stir in the half-and-half and season with salt and pepper.
• Reheat gently over medium-low heat.
• Ladle the soup into warmed bowls and garnish with the sour cream, using a fork to swirl a zig-zagged pattern.
• [you can garnish with leaves of rosemary and thyme].