I make this soup so often that I now roast several butternut squash, each with a head of garlic and freeze for quick soups.

Ingredients

  • 1 medium butternut squash cut in half – seeds removed
  • 1 head garlic
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1 lb chorizo or Ginger Apple Sage Sausage
  • 1 large onion diced
  • 2 stocks celery chopped
  • 2 carrots chopped
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Remove most of the papery skin from the garlic and cut off the tops.
Place the squash skin side down on a baking sheet and put the head of garlic, cut side up, in one of the butternut squash halves. Drizzle the olive oil over the squash and garlic and roast for 30 minutes, or until the squash is tender.
While the squash cooks, make the rest of the soup. Add the chorizo to a medium-sized pot over medium-high heat. Cook, crumbling the chorizo into small pieces, until it is crispy, about 15 minutes – see notes. Remove the crispy chorizo from the pot making sure to leave the oil in the pot.
Add the onion, celery, and carrots to the pot and cook until the vegetables are soft and the onion is beginning to brown. Transfer the vegetables to your blender.
When the squash is cooked, remove it from the oven and let it cool for a few minutes. When it is cool enough to touch, scrape the flesh and put it into the blender. Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of the skin and add them to the blender, too.
Add 2 cups of the stock to the blender and blend on high until smooth. Return the soup to the pot and add just enough stock so that the soup is as thick or thin as you would like it to be. Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper then warm the soup for a few minutes before serving it.
Ladle the soup into bowls and top with the chorizo crispies.

Notes

To make the chorizo crispy, you’ll need to cook it well past done. After the chorizo is fully cooked, continue to cook it. It will eventually start to darken and turn very crispy. This is also amazing with our Ginger Apple Sage sausage given the same crispies treatment!
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