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Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

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Spicy Butternut Squash Soup

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This deliciously rich and creamy soup blends sweet butternut squash and coconut with tangy lemon grass and chilli
 

Ingredients

  • 10 ml (dessertspoon) vegetable oil
  • 210g butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into chunks
  • 30g potato, finely chopped
  • 100g carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 1 small clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 stick fresh lemon grass, finely chopped (see tip below)
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh red chilli, finely chopped
  • 280 ml water
  • 120 ml whipping cream
  • 210 ml canned coconut milk
  • 1 tablespoon red pepper, deseeded and finely chopped
  • Juice of 1/2 lime
  • Tip from Liz Trigg, cookbook writer and Heinz chef:
  • Lemon grass has woody outer layers, remove these and use the softer inner layers, finely chopped
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Directions

  1. Heat the pan, add oil and heat gently, add butternut squash, potato and carrot, cook for 3-5 minutes until slightly softened.
  2. Stir in garlic, lemon grass and chilli and cook for 2 minutes.
  3. Add water and simmer gently uncovered for 45 minutes.
  4. Stir in the cream, coconut milk and cook uncovered until reduce by a third.

 

Source: Heinz

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