I bought a beautiful butternut squash to make my dairy-free butternut squash soup, then changed my mind. Instead I added apple and made this rich and creamy Butternut Squash Soup with apple and bacon that is easy, delicious, and has a hint of elegance. I had the idea that it would be the perfect first course for a tea party luncheon and pulled out the punch glasses I bought recently. How elegant does “Would you like a cup of Butternut Squash Bisque?” sound?!
I served the bisque for dinner, and while the kids ate it, it took a little coersion and creativity, so I’m not going to say your kids will love it. They most likely won’t but that just means there is more for you. I am packaging it into individual servings so I have some easy lunches over the next few days. Nothing like a good healthy heat and eat lunch to keep me on the right track for my day.
Butternut Squash Apple Bisque
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hours 10 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hours 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 – 4 pound butternut squash
- 1 medium apple
- 1 medium onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 cups milk
- 3 slices bacon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Cut butternut squash in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds.
- Chop apple and onion.
- Mince garlic.
- Fill hole in butternut squash with apple, onion, and garlic.
- Divide cinnamon and ginger between 2 sections, sprinkling over top.
- Put on cookie sheet and cover with foil.
- Bake 45 minutes – 1 hour, until soft.
- Set out to cool for 10 minutes.
- Scrape squash and filling into a bowl, removing skin.
- Puree with 3 cups milk.
- Heat in pan.
- While heating soup, dice and fry bacon.
- Serve bisque with bacon pieces sprinkled on top.
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That looks super tasty! I love how you served the soup in those cute cups! I found my way here through the Real Food Roundup. If you get a chance to stop by my blog sometime, I’d love it!
Thank you. I defintiely will stop by. I love the name of your blog.
I have GOT to try this– sounds like the perfect comfort food for me!
Looks delicious and love the ginger and apple in it! !
I posted a mushroom soup recipe this week that I called a bisque because I also thought the name sounded elegant. I looked up the definition of bisque vs soup and it said that bisque traditionally bisques contained seafood and cognac. But I’m with you I think it makes a creamy soup sound very elegant !
I looked it up too and it does say that thick vegetable based soups can be called bisque too so I went with it. We can always throw a splash of cognac in, haha.
YUM! I need to try this. My kids love butternut squash.