Butter Squash Soup with Gin "Eye"
Don't try this soup with other gins
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg Butternut squash
- 1 Small onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2-3 (~200g) Starchy potatos
- 1-2 Carrots
- Olive oil
- 15g Fresh ginger
- 1 tsp Smoked paprika
- 0,8 l Water
- 3 pcs Chicken stock cubes
- 150 g Chèvre
- Juice of half lime
- 1 tb Kattila Gin per plate
Steps
- Peel ginger, squash, onion, and garlic
- Slice ginger and garlic
- Cut squash into 4 segments and remove the seeds. You can fry them in oil separately
- Slice the squash into 2cm slices
- Cut the onion into 4 segments
- Spread the onion and squash on a baking sheet and pour olive oil on them
- Roast squash and onion for 20-30 minutes in 200°C oven until they are soft and got some color. You can use oven grill in the end to get better color
- While roasting, add oil on a soup pot and saute ginger and garlig soft
- Add water and stock cubes
- Slice carrots and potatoes in 1cm slices and add them into the stock and boild them until soft
- Add cheese, roasted onion and squash into the stock. Puree with a hand blender
- Add paprika and lime juice
- Bring to boil and taste. Add salt if needed
- Serve the soup in soup plates. Add the "gin eye" with a tablespoon in the middle of the soup plate