Squash-and-Chestnut Soup With Chipotle Cream
- Total Time
- About 2 hours
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Ingredients
Yield:8 servings
- 1cup ruby port
- ½cup dry red wine
- 1teaspoon chipotle peppers in adobo sauce or crushed dried chipotles
- 2tablespoons tomato paste
- 1cup créme fraîche or sour cream
- 2½pounds kabocha, acorn or butternut squash
- 2quarts chicken stock
- 10ounces whole chestnuts, roasted and peeled
- 2tablespoons pure maple syrup
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
For the Chipotle Cream
For the Soup
Ingredient Substitution Guide
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
328 calories; 9 grams fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 3 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 49 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams dietary fiber; 13 grams sugars; 9 grams protein; 1125 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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- Step 1
Combine the port, wine, chipotles and tomato paste, bring to a boil and then simmer until the mixture is a thick paste, about 15 minutes. Let cool, then whisk in the crème fraîche and refrigerate until serving.
- Step 2
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut the squash in half lengthwise and remove the seeds. Place cut side down on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake until soft, about 1 hour. When the squash is cool, scoop out the flesh and place 6 cups in a large saucepan. Add 2 quarts stock and the chestnuts and simmer until the chestnuts are soft, about 30 minutes. Stir in the syrup and purée with a hand blender or in batches in a blender. Return to the saucepan and season to taste.
- Step 3
Reheat the soup and ladle it into bowls. Drizzle with chipotle cream.
Tip
- The soup and cream can be made ahead and refrigerated for 3 days.
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Therese
Very good!
christine
I love the texture the chestnuts impart to this soup. I added ¼ tsp of garam masala to it to give it a more interesting flavor. It came out perfect.
VL
This soup is excellent! Complex flavours with relatively few ingredients. Going to use the chipotle sour cream with my other favourite soup from this app, which is the vegetarian tortilla soup. If anyone has a method of roasting chestnuts that makes them easy to peel, please share!
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