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Spiced Butternut and Carrot Soup

What is more comforting than a nice warming, spiced soup on a cold winter's day? I came up with this recipe after being delivered a Butternut squash that was so massive, I could only use half of it in my meal. With a whole kilo of it left I added in some carrots and opened the spice cupboard to see what I could create. What resulted was a triumph, the cumin, coriander and ginger went so well with the squash and that little bit of chilli added a lovely warmth to the dish

Ingredients

​Serves 4-6

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  • 900g - 1kg butternut squash

  • 250g carrots

  • 1 large onion

  • 2 garlic cloves

  • 1 litre vegetable stock

  • 1tsp ground cumin

  • 1tsp ground coriander

  • 1tsp ground ginger

  • 1 red chilli (optional)

  • 1 tbsp oil (veg or olive)

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Method

Make sure you have a really good sized pan for this one, your best bet is to peel then chop up the butternut squash and carrots into 1 inch cubes then test out your pans until you find one it fits in just to make sure. Then remove them and we can start on the soup.

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Firstly chop up the onion and sweat it in the pan on a low heat with 1 tbsp oil for 8 mins until it's softened but not coloured. Now chop the garlic and add that in along with the ground spices and your chilli (if using), continuing to sweat for 3 more minutes until the onion and garlic are soft but neither burned and the room spells like a spice shop.

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Once that's done add in the chopped squash and carrot then immediately pour over the stock. Now you just have to bring that to a simmer, covered for 20 mins to cook the veg.

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When the veg is cooked and you can easily push a spoon through any of the larger bits you can either decant to a blender if you have one big enough or use a stick blender to whizz the soup up to a nice smooth consistency. At this point I often find it is a little too watery so put it back on the heat and simmer for another 5-10 mins, uncovered until the bubbles are large and it starts spitting. At this point it should be at the perfect thickness, so turn off the heat grab some nice crusty bread and enjoy.

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Any left over can be portioned off and freezes really well.

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