Easy Fall Soups a Recipe for Butternut Squash Soup with Mushrooms and Hazelnuts

This recipe for Butternut Squash Soup comes from Gilles at Provence Gourmet. It is perfect for the cooler weather months and a dish you might make in one of his cooking classes in the Fall.

In Provence, a sure sign that autumn is on its way is when the orange and yellow squash appear in local markets. There is a large bright variety that looks like a pumpkin you would carve for Halloween – this is called courge. Courge is typically sold by the slice and is great roasted or in soups.

Where the courge can be large, the potimarron (also bright orange) are small enough to fit in your palm. They are known as Red Kuri or Hokkaido squash in North America.

Other gourds such as butternut, spaghetti and acorn are also readily available in Provence and are the main ingredient in Gilles’ recipe that follows.

Butternut Squash Soup with Mushrooms and Hazelnuts

This butternut squash soup from Gilles at Provence Gourmet is perfect to keep you warm in the cooler weather months.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Soup

Cuisine French

Servings 6 people

Equipment

• Dutch oven (4.5-quart) or deep-sided skillet
• skillet non-stick (7-inch)
• mixing bowls, stainless steel

Ingredients

  

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• 2 lbs butternut squash peeled, de-seeded and chopped
• 18 fl oz chicken stock details below
• 1 oz dried cep mushrooms rehydrated in milk
• 0.4 fl oz heavy cream (35%)
• 1 shallot(s)
• 2-3 tsp olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 5-6 hazelnuts lightly toasted and chopped

Instructions

 

• For your stock, either use a bouillon cube or make a quick stock using leftover chicken, adding an onion, garlic, thyme, a bay leaf, and salt to warm water.
• Mince your shallot and put it in a pan with olive oil (2 tsp) on low-medium fire. The shallot should remain translucent and not brown.
• After 5 minutes, add the diced butternut, salt, and pepper, stir for another 10 minutes, then add the stock and cover the pan.
• Cook for 15 minutes, mix and keep warm.
• After rehydrating the mushrooms in some milk, brown them in a pan (medium fire) with olive oil. After 5 minutes, add the cream, salt, and pepper.
• Stir for 5 more minutes, mix, and keep warm. In a soup plate, pour 3 ladles of the squash mix and, using a pastry bag, decorate with the mushroom cream.
• Sprinkle chopped hazelnuts on top.

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With her camera and laptop close at hand, Carolyne has traded in her business suits for the world of freelance writing and blogging. Her first airplane ride at six months of age was her introduction to the exciting world of travel.

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