Quibebe

Recipe Description

Winter Squash Soup

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 tomato peeled, seeded, and chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 - 2 chile de arbol|red chile seeded, chopped
  • 1 x 2 lb pumpkin|winter squash peeled, and cut into ½" cubes (such as butternut squash|butternut or acorn squash|acorn, ideally calabaza squash|calabaza)
  • 4 cup beef stock|beef or vegetable stock
  • salt to taste
  • Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
  • ¼ tsp granulated sugar|sugar
  • Finely-minced fresh parsley for garnish

Directions

  1. Sauté onions, tomato, garlic, and chile pepper|hot peppers in the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until the onion is softened and the mixture is thick - about 15 minutes.
  2. Stir in the squash and the stock and bring to a boil.
  3. Reduce heat, stir in salt and granulated sugar|sugar, then simmer, covered, for 20 minutes, or until the squash has disintegrated and thickened the soup.
  4. When ready to serve, ladle into bowls and sprinkle a line of finely minced parsley across the top of each bowl surface.
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