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Butternut And Bacon Soup

Recipe by Chopped unpeeled apple
Cook
15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 slices bacon
  • 1/2 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 large leek, chopped fine
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 1 - 2 bay leaves
  • 1 1/4 pounds butternut, 1-inch pieces
  • 1 medium tart apple, peeled, diced
  • 2 c low-salt chicken broth
  • 1/2 c water, plus
  • 2 T sour cream

Instructions

In a skillet cook bacon until crisp and drain, reserving 1 1/2 tablespoons fat. Crumble bacon. In a saucepan cook onion, leek, garlic, and bay leaf with salt and pepper in reserved fat, stirring, until softened. Add squash, apple, broth, and 1/2 cup water. Simmer mixture, covered, until squash is tender, about 15 minutes, and discard bay leaf. In a blender purée mixture and add enough additional water to thin soup to desired consistency. Whisk in sour cream and salt and pepper to taste and heat soup over moderately low heat until hot (do not boil). Serve soup topped with crumbled bacon, apple and sour cream.

Tags

soups boiled chicken