Hearty Grains and Butternut Squash Soup
Hearty Grains and Butternut Squash Soup
Directions
- In a large soup pot, sauté onions in butter until tender. Add squash, chicken stock, marjoram, black pepper and cayenne pepper. Bring to boil; simmer 20 minutes, or until squash is tender.
- Purée squash and cream cheese in a blender or food processor in batches until smooth. Return to saucepan and heat through. Do not allow to boil. Season with salt as needed.
- While soup is reheating, place frozen Simplot UpSides Hearty Grains & Wild Mushrooms in a microwave-safe 4" deep dish and cover. Heat on high for 7 minutes. Rotate the dish and stir thoroughly halfway through cook time. Let stand 1 minute. (Microwaves vary; check that the blend has reached 165°F.)
- To serve, pour one cup (8 oz.) of soup into a bowl and garnish with 3 oz. Simplot UpSides Hearty Grains & Wild Mushrooms, pomegranate seeds and fried sage leaves, if desired. Serve hot.
Ingredients
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 12 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1 tbsp marjoram, dry
- 1/4 cup Nature's Best Dairy® Butter
- 32 oz Nature's Best Dairy® Cream Cheese
- 1 cup Peak Fresh Produce® Onion(s), diced
- 1 tbsp pepper, freshly ground
- 1 pomegranate(s), seeded
- 1 pinch sage leaves, dried
- salt, to taste
- 2 1/2 lb Simplot® Good Grains™: Hearty Grains & Wild Mushrooms
- 2 lb squash, butternut, peeled and cubed