Ingredients for - Roasted Butternut Squash, Garlic, and Apple Soup
How to cook deliciously - Roasted Butternut Squash, Garlic, and Apple Soup
1. Stage
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Stage
Arrange butternut squash halves, carrot chunks, sweet potato chunks, and whole garlic head onto the prepared baking sheet. Drizzle 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil over the vegetables; season with rosemary, salt, and black pepper.
3. Stage
Roast in preheated oven for 20 minutes, turn the carrot and sweet potato chunks, and continue roasting until everything is tender, 20 to 30 minutes more. Set aside to cool.
4. Stage
Use a spoon to remove flesh of squash from skin. Cut carrot and sweet potato into small pieces. Squeeze roasted garlic from skin.
5. Stage
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; add celery and onion. Season the celery mixture with nutmeg and cayenne pepper; saute until the celery and onion are tender, about 8 minutes. Add apple and continue to cook and stir until apples begin to get hot, about 2 minutes more.
6. Stage
Pour vegetable broth and apple cider into the pot; bring just to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer for 30 minutes.
7. Stage
Stir squash, carrot, sweet potato, and garlic to the pot. Blend soup with an immersion blender until smooth.