Cream of butternut squash and cranberry soup

Yield: 1 Servings

Measure Ingredient
1 pack (12-oz) picked over; cranberries (about 3 cups)
1 cup Ruby port
½ cup Sugar
1 large Onion; chopped
2 \N Carrots; sliced thin
½ \N Stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
¾ teaspoon Ground mace
½ teaspoon Ground ginger
½ teaspoon White pepper plus additional to taste
3 pounds Butternut squash; peeled, seeded, and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 \N Sweet potatoes (about 1 1/4 pounds), peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
6 cups Chicken broth

FOR THE CRANBERRY PUREE

FOR THE SOUP

Make the cranberry puree: In a heavy saucepan combine the cranberries, the Port, and the sugar and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the cranberries burst and the mixture starts to thicken. In a food processor puree the mixture and force the puree through a fine sieve into a bowl, discarding the solids. The puree keeps, covered and chilled, for 3 days.

Make the soup: In a large heavy saucepan cook the onion and the carrots in the butter over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion is softened, add mace, ginger, ½ teaspoon of white pepper, squash, sweet potatoes, and 4 cups of the broth, and simmer the mixture, covered, for 30 minutes, or until the vegetables are very soft. In a blender or food processor puree the soup in batches, transferring it as it is pureed to a saucepan, and stir in the remaining 2 cups broth, the additional white pepper, and salt to taste. The soup keeps, covered and chilled, for 1 day.

To serve the soup: Reheat the cranberry puree and spoon it into a pastry bag fitted with a small plain tip. (Alternatively, spoon the puree into a small resealable plastic bag and cut off the tip of one corner.) Reheat the soup, divide it among soup bowls, and pipe about 1 tablespoon of the cranberry puree decoratively onto each serving.

Yield: About 12 cups, 8 to 12 servings Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL9002 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #905 by "Angele and Jon Freeman" <jfreeman@...> on Nov 12, 1997

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