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Butternut squash soup with Parmesan croutons and crispy sage leaves
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Superb squash soup

With the best Parmesan croutons

Butternut squash soup with Parmesan croutons and crispy sage leaves
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55 mins
Super easy

serves 8

About the recipe

A totally delicious spiced squash soup, served with mega cheese on toast for dunking.


nutrition per serving

Calories

g

Fat

g

Saturates

g

Sugars

g

Salt

g

Protein

g

Carbs

g

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Jamie at Home

Jamie at Home

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

2 red onions

2 carrots

4 cloves of garlic

2 sticks of celery

½–1 fresh red chilli

2 sprigs of fresh rosemary

olive oil

16 fresh sage leaves

2kg butternut squash, onion squash or musque de Provence

2 litres organic chicken or vegetable stock

extra virgin olive oil

CROUTONS

extra virgin olive oil

16 slices of ciabatta bread

Parmesan cheese

Top Tip

Once you’ve mastered this recipe, you can take the soup in different directions by adding pearl barley, dried pasta, or some chopped smoked bacon. Even the smallest amount of dried porcini.

Method

  1. Peel and finely chop the onions, carrots and garlic, then trim and finely chop the celery. Deseed and finely chop the chilli. Pick and finely chop the rosemary.
  2. Heat a couple of lugs of olive oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, add the sage leaves and fry for 30 seconds, or until crisp, then remove to kitchen paper.
  3. Place the pan of flavoured oil back on the heat, add the onion, carrot, garlic, celery, chilli, rosemary and a good pinch of sea salt and black pepper, then cook gently for 10 minutes, or until sweet and soft.
  4. Meanwhile, halve, deseed and rough chop the squash. When the time's up, add the squash and stock to the pan. Bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
  5. For the croutons, drizzle a little olive oil over the ciabatta, pat it in, then finely grate and press some grated Parmesan on to each side. Place in a dry, non-stick pan and fry until golden on both sides.
  6. When the squash is tender, whiz the soup with a stick blender or pour it into a blender and pulse to a smooth purée – leave it slightly chunky, if you prefer.
  7. Season to perfection with salt and pepper, then divide between bowls, placing 2 croutons on top of each.
  8. Sprinkle with a few crispy sage leaves and drizzle with a swirl of quality extra virgin olive oil, then serve.

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