Roast Butternut Squash Soup Recipe with Video
Roasting butternut squash adds a ton of favor making it more sweet and flavorful. This roasted butternut squash soup is perfect for cooler temperatures when you need something warm, comforting, light and still fulfilling. Add in a small bowl of salad and a slice of crusty bread to dig in and you got a comfort meal you will love to enjoy.
Best Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe, Easy Butternut Squash Soup EVER.
In winter I try to make soup on most weeknights for my kids. They love soup whether it’s simple chicken noodle, chicken pot pie or the veggie soups like this butternut squash, sweet pea, pumpkin, sweet potato, Asparagus or creamy mushroom soup. That’s a lot of variety ain’t it?
Love it when kids enjoy veggies don’t you? Soup is a great way to start getting them into eating veggies. Both Aadi and Rhea will have soup any day of the year. No matter how hot the weather.
I love butternut squash soup and even better if it’s roasted!! Roasting the veggies brings out all that delicious sweetness in it. The sugar in the vegetable caramelizes beautifully and the result is a delicious sweeter soup.
Best Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe, Easy Butternut Squash Soup EVER.
About this Butternut Squash Soup.
This is a fairly easy and simple recipe to make. The best part is that you can roast the veggies ahead of time and save it in the fridge. When it’s time to make dinner – all it takes is 20 minutes to prepare the soup.
Since we make soup as often as we do in our home. I usually use milk instead of cream. This keeps the soup on the skinny side for us as a family. Which is why I add the teaspoon of honey in there. You can omit the honey but I like soup to have that tad bit of sweetness to it.
Best Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe, Easy Butternut Squash Soup EVER.
Let’s talk ingredients and Substitutes
- Squash – These have a long shelf life so they are always great to have on hand. The best ones to choose are the darker beige ones. They are ripe and become really sweet and tender when roasted.
Tip for roasting butternut squash – Once roasted; remove from the oven and cover with foil for about 10 minutes. After 10 minutes the skin will peel off easily. Roughly chop the squash and set aside. - Water / Stock – I had no stock on hand today so I used water but vegetable stock or chicken stock will add so much flavor.
- Honey – it’s just a tsp and no it won’t make it sweet but just enhances all the sweetness of the vegetable.
- Milk or cream – usually for soups we add cream but if you have a sweet and creamy pumpkin trust me – milk is all you need.
Tip – when adding cream or milk – warm the milk so it will avoid splitting. Once you add the milk it’s best to turn the heat off so the milk solids don’t split again.
Dairy Free? – If you want to make this dairy free – just substitute the milk or cream with almond milk.
Best Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe, Easy Butternut Squash Soup EVER.
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Best Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe, Easy Butternut Squash Soup EVER.
Ingredients
- 1 medium butternut squash
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small chopped garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 3 bay leaves
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg (optional)
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock or water (use vegetable stock or water for vegetarian)
- 1 cup milk or cream (I prefer milk)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
Roast Butternut Squash
- Preheat oven at 200 C / 400 F.
- Cut the butternut squash in half, remove the seeds.
- Bake on a foiled lined baking tray for about 30 to 40 minutes or until soft with little specks of brown.
- Take it out of the oven and wrap the foil from the baking tray around it covering it so the steam is contained inside.
- After 7 to 10 minutes it will be cooler to handle and the skin will have separated.
- Peel the skin off and roughly chop the squash.
Prepare Soup
- In a soup pot over medium heat – heat the oil/butter.
- Saute the garlic, onions and bay leaves.
- Add in the chopped roasted squash – saute a minute or two.
- Next, add the stock or water and let simmer on low for about 10 minutes.
- The squash should be really mush by now.
- Using a hand blender blend to a smooth paste. If using a regular blender wait for a few minutes so it’s not too hot. Avoid scalding yourself.
- Stir in the honey.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Check consistency – add water if too thick or simmer till thickens.
- Lastly, add the cream or milk (see tip above if using milk).
- Do not boil the soup now.
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Best Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Recipe, Easy Butternut Squash Soup EVER.
Roast Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Butternut squash
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 clove Garlic chopped
- 1/4 cup Onion chopped
- 3 Bay leaves
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg optional
- 1 tsp Honey
- 2 cups Chicken or vegetable stock or water use vegetable stock or water for vegetarian
- 1 cup Milk or cream I prefer milk
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Roast Butternut Squash
- Preheat oven at 200 C / 400 F.
- Cut the butternut squash in half, remove the seeds.
- Bake on a foiled lined baking tray for about 30 to 40 minutes or until soft with little specks of brown.
- Take it out of the oven and wrap the foil from the baking tray around it covering it so the steam is contained inside.
- After 7 to 10 minutes it will be cooler to handle and the skin will have separated.
- Peel the skin off and roughly chop the squash.
Prepare Soup
- In a soup pot over medium heat - heat the oil/butter.
- Saute the garlic, onions and bay leaves.
- Add in the chopped roasted squash - saute a minute or two.
- Next, add the stock or water and let simmer on low for about 10 minutes.
- The squash should be really mush by now.
- Using a hand blender blend to a smooth paste. If using a regular blender wait for a few minutes so it's not too hot. Avoid scalding yourself.
- Stir in the honey.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Check consistency - add water if too thick or simmer till thickens.
- Lastly, add the cream or milk (see tip above if using milk).
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I love butternut squash soup, this recipe looks amazing. Great job on the video!
Thanks, Alexis
I love your time saving tips — roasting the squash ahead of time would make assembling the ingredients quicker. I think your touch of nutmeg is perfect — my mamma would use nutmeg often and it enhanced the flavor. I had to write back and tell you that I tried your method and it was excellent.
Thanks, Marisa. I always make work easy by doing as much as I can ahead of time.
Oh, what a bright soup. My family love soups. I think your recipe will be one of our favorites.
Thanks, Dan. I hope you enjoy it.
oh I just love butternut squash I always have one on hand to roast. I must try this soup. I know I am going to love it!
Me too Claudia. Love butternut squash very much.
This is one recipe I have been wanting to try. Looks like I have everything on hand except the squash. I’ll be picking one up on my next trip to the store.
Thanks Arlene. I love butternut squash caramelized.
You are right … I need to make more soups for my son. He loves wedding soup so that is all I make for him but I bet he would love this and it would be so good for him. I can’t wait to try it!
Thanks Denise. My kids love soups too! In winter it’s almost every day!
I agree, roasting the squash makes a HUGE difference in taste. I think the cold weather has finally arrived (unfortunately). Although I HATE the cold, I do love warming up with bowls of goodness…and this soup is perfect for that.
Definitely Gloria. Makes such a huge difference.
Butternut squash soup is one of my favourite things about fall! It’s perfect for those crisp fall evenings.
That is so true Jolina!! I love butternut squash soup in winter.
It’s been years since I made Butternut Squash soup and you are making me crave it!! It looks so good and smooth and I love your beautiful swirl of cream on top. It is such an easy and tasty soup — I don’t know why I don’t make it more often. I like the way you roast the whole squash rather than trying to peel the darn thing, cubing it and then roasting. You have a time saver there. This soup is on our list.
Thank you Marisa. I love Butternut Squash. So smooth and creamy and wonderful when you roast it.
I absolutely love Butternut Squash Soup and this looks like an easy, tasty recipe!
Thank you Christine. It is absolutely delicious.