Butternut White Bean Ginger Soup Recipes

BUTTERNUT SQUASH WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven or soup pot over medium heat. Add onion and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, ginger, cumin, and cinnamon. Stir and cook for 1 minute.
• Add butternut squash, broth, thyme, salt, and pepper. Make sure there is enough broth to cover the squash. Add more broth or water if needed. Stir to combine.
• Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and simmer until squash is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Remove and discard thyme stems (the leaves should fall off during the cooking process).
• Place 1/4 of both beans in a small bowl and mash with a fork. Add both beans and mashed beans to the pot and stir to combine.
• Cook until beans are heated through, about 5 minutes.
• Ladle soup into bowls and top with a heaping tablespoon or two of couscous mixture.
• While the soup is simmering, prepare couscous according to package instructions.
• Stir in apricots, green onion, pepitas, parsley, salt, and pepper.

CREAMY BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Toss the butternut squash cubes and onion pieces with 1 tablespoon of olive olive. Spread them out evenly on a baking sheet. Roast the vegetables for 20-30 minutes at 425 degrees or until fork tender.
• About 5 minutes before butternut squash and onion are done, heat the other tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat in a stock pot. Add the diced carrot and let it cooking, stirring occasionally, until the it starts to soften, about 5 minutes or so. Add the garlic, roasted butternut squash, roasted onion, diced tomatoes (plus the juice from the can), and vegetable stock. Give it all a good stir and then add the cannellini beans, sage, and thyme leaves. Bring the soup to a simmer and let it all cook together for 15-20 minutes.
• Once the soup has simmered, remove it from the heat and puree it using either an immersion blender or stand blender (be sure to let the soup cool before using a stand blender and then reheat for serving). Stir in the apple cider vinegar - don't skip this! The vinegar adds a nice acidic brightness to the soup - and then add the heavy cream.
• Makes approximately 6 one cup servings.

BUTTERNUT WHITE BEAN GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, bring the beans to a boil in 7 cups water. Simmer, covered, 1 ½ hours or until the beans are tender, but not mushy.
• Meanwhile prepare the vegetables. Peel the squash with a vegetable peeler, then seed and dice.
• In a separate pot, cook squash in remaining 3 cups water, covered. Simmer until tender, then drain.
• Puree all the squash in a blender in batches. Add to the cooked white beans.
• In a frying pan, heat the oil and sauté the onion, celery, ginger and garlic, stirring occasionally. When tender and beginning to brown, add to soup pot along with salt, pepper and parsley.
• Simmer 15 minutes uncovered and serve. After it sits it will thicken; thin with a little water.

BEAN AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

Steps:

• Place Great Northern beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain.
• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add bay leaves and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Mix beans, water, and bouillon into onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pot, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender, about 1 hour.
• Stir squash, carrots, celery, salt, black pepper, white pepper, ginger, and allspice into broth mixture; simmer until squash and carrots are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove bay leaves from broth mixture and discard. Scoop 2 to 3 cups of vegetable-bean mixture using a slotted spoon from broth; blend broth and remaining vegetable-bean mixture using a hand blender until smooth. Return the vegetable-bean mixture to broth mixture and stir in sausage. Simmer soup until sausage is cooked through, 5 to 10 more minutes.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH GINGER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Oil baking sheet. Place squash, cut side down, on baking sheet. Bake until squash is very soft, about 50 minutes. Using paring knife, remove peel from squash; discard peel. Cut squash into 2-inch pieces. Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-low heat. Mix in onion, brown sugar, ginger, garlic and cinnamon. Cover pot and cook until onion is tender, about 15 minutes. Add squash and 5 cups chicken broth. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Discard cinnamon.
• Working in batches, purée soup in blender. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate.) Return soup to pot. Season soup with salt and pepper. Bring to simmer, thinning soup with more broth if necessary. Ladle into bowls. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH CREAM SOUP WITH GINGER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Brush cut side of butternut squash with olive oil and place on a baking sheet, cut-side down.
• Bake in the preheated oven until peel is crinkly and butternut squash is soft, about 40 minutes. Scrape flesh into a bowl with a spoon and set aside.
• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat and cook onions until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add squash flesh, 2 cups hot broth, and ginger. Season with ginger, curry, cumin, sugar, salt, and pepper. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until flavors are well combined, about 15 minutes.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Add more hot broth for a thinner soup. Stir in cream and season to taste with sugar, apple cider vinegar, cayenne pepper, and salt.

PUREED WHITE BEAN AND WINTER SQUASH SOUP

Steps:

• Drain the beans. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot over medium heat and add the onion. Cook gently until tender, about 5 minutes, and add 2 of the garlic cloves and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir together for about 30 seconds, then add the drained beans and the water. Bring to a boil and skim off foam. Add the bouquet garni, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining olive oil in a wide, heavy skillet over medium heat and add the leeks and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook gently, stirring, until tender, about 3 minutes, and add the remaining garlic and the squash. Cook, stirring, until the garlic is fragrant and the squash is coated with oil and just beginning to soften, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir into the beans. Add salt to taste and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes to an hour, until the beans and vegetables are thoroughly tender and falling apart. Taste and adjust salt. Remove the bouquet garni.
• Using an immersion blender or a food mill fitted with the fine or medium blade, puree the soup. Heat through, taste and adjust salt, and add pepper to taste. Serve, garnishing each bowl with slivered sage leaves, (optional) garlic croutons and an optional drizzle of olive oil.

BUTTERNUT AND GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot.
• Add all the chopped vegetables. Stir-fry them until they start to brown.
• Add the vegetable stock.
• Simmer until all the vegetables are cooked and soft.
• Blend.
• Season as required.

BUTTERNUT GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• in a 3-quart saucepan, saute the squash, carrots, celery, onion, and ginger in the olive oil until tender.
• Add the vegetable broth and bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 40 minute stirring occasionally.
• Puree soup in a blender or food processor. Reheat on stove if necessary.
• Add salt to taste.