Recipe: Perfect Acorn Squash & Basil Soup

Acorn Squash & Basil Soup.

You can cook Acorn Squash & Basil Soup using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Acorn Squash & Basil Soup

1. It's 1 of acorn squash.
2. It's 2 of garlic cloves.
3. It's 1/2 tbsp of butter, or vegan butter.
4. It's 2/3 cup of hot water.
5. You need 1/3 cup of heavy cream, or coconut milk.
6. It's 1/2 of chicken bouillon, or vegetable bouillon.
7. You need of salt.
8. You need 2 tsp of dry basil.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper, or to taste.

Acorn Squash & Basil Soup step by step

1. Peel and chop acorn Squash into small cubes. Peel and using your knife flatten garlic cloves.
2. Boil squash and garlic cloves for 5-10 minutes, until fork tender..
3. Using a strainer, remove squash and garlic from boiling water and pour into a high power blender..
4. To the squash and garlic, add in the water, cream, butter, and below seasonings..
5. Blend together until sooth in texture. Pour back into the same pot that you boiled your Squash in, and let it simmer on medium-low heat for 3 minutes. Then serve!!.