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I love butternut squash be it roasted or used in a soup etc. The easiest way I've found to cook it when using it for soup is whole, in the middle of the oven for an hour to 2 hours depending on the size of the squash, and when the skin is browned and the squash feels tender when you press on it, then you know it is cooked. All you have to do then is to half it and scoop out the seeds and flesh and the flesh is ready for soup or puree or whatever you plan to do with it. Really easy.

try roasting the seeds at the same time as roasting the flesh until they are well dry and nicely coloured, when they`ve cooled a little, grind them up finely in a food processor or liquidiser and add to the soup.This gives the soup a really fabby nutty flavour, go on give it a go !

I should also have added to comment below - drizzle the squash and veggies with olive oil before roasting!

I make Butternut Squash soup a lot and for an even easier recipe, halve a squash and deseed, halve a red onion and place each half in the squash cavity. Add some chopped fresh chilli, a sprig of rosemary and a clove of garlic to each half. Then roast the two halves until soft. Scoop out the flesh and added ingredients into a bowl and add hot chicken stock whilst blending with a hand blender (you choose the desired consistency). Add some cream or swirl on top and serve with crusty bread. The wonderful flavour of the roasted vegetables really comes through and it's so simple to make - enjoy!

Lovely recipe with organic ingredients, I added a chopped red chilli and 2 cloves chopped garlic at the same time as the potatoes, to give it a little kick.<br /> Really really nice and creamy soup, without the cream!

This was really lovely i did add a pinch of cayenne pepper gave a lil kick very nice :)

wonderful so easy did add roasted garlic very nice

the simplest and tastiest recipe i have found, thanku

I am doing this recipe, but adding roasted garlic, and a few rashers of smoked bacon, and its so nice on a cold winters day..

Easy and delicious. Thank you. :)

I have cooked butternut squash before for my son because he loves it. He asks regularly for us to make it but it always seems like a load of bother. This was a quick and easy method. Thanks.

This is really easy to make and delicious! Loved it.