Butternut Squash and Apple Soup with Dried Plum and Onion Jam Crostini

Butternut Squash and Apple Soup with Dried Plum and Onion Jam Crostini
Butternut Squash and Apple Soup with Dried Plum and Onion Jam Crostini

You might as well skip dessert! With its caramel undertones and its upbeat presentation, this Butternut Squash and Apple Soup with Dried Plum and Onion Jam Crostini is sure to be the talk of the buffet line. If you have leftover plum and onion jam, itโ€™s fabulous on toast the next day.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

For other beautiful and festive recipes, check out this Armenian-Spiced Stuffed Eggplant with Millet and Apricots and this Moroccan Carrot Salad.

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Butternut Squash and Apple Soup with Dried Plum and Onion Jam Crostini

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 4-lb butternut squash, peeled, seeded, cut into 1โ€ cubes
  • 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and quartered
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus 2 teaspoons
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • ยผ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 large onion, sliced thin
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup dried plums, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • ยฝ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ยผ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 5 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 can coconut milk (keep some aside for garnish)
  • Slices of pumpernickel or baguette, toasted
  • Sea salt and black pepper
  • To serve: toasted pumpkin seeds, fresh apple slices

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400หšF. Place the squash cubes in a large bowl. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet large enough so that the squash is in one layer. Place in the oven and roast for about 50-60 minutes or until the squash is tender and browned in spots. Turn and add the apples about halfway. Remove from the oven and reserve.

Heat the 2 teaspoons olive oil in a soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion and sautรฉ until very soft and browned, about 5-6 minutes. Add the garlic and sautรฉ for one minute more. Add the allspice, cinnamon, cloves, and plums. Cook for one minute. Remove half the plum and onion mixture to the bowl of a small food processor, or blender and pulse until you get a jam consistency, about 2 minutes (You may also use a mortar and pestle or a hand=help mixer).

Add the vegetable broth and the roasted squash and apples to the soup pot. Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, allowing the flavors to blend. Let the soup cool slightly and transfer to a blender. You might need to blend your soup in batches. When you are done, return the soup to the pot and thin with the coconut milk, making sure to keep about ยผ cup for garnish.

Spread the jam on the toasted pumpernickel or baguette slices. Serve with the soup. Bon appรฉtit!

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Soupe butternut et pomme avec croutons ร  la compote de pruneaux et oignons

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 heure 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minute
  • Yield: 6 portions 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 grosse courge butternut (environ 4 livres), pelรฉe et coupรฉe en cubes de 1 pouce
  • 2 pommes Granny Smith, รฉpรฉpinรฉes et coupรฉes en quartiers
  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive, plus 2 c. ร  thรฉ
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de sirop d’รฉrable
  • ยผ c. ร  thรฉ de poivre de cayenne
  • 1 gros oignon, tranchรฉ mince
  • 2 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 1 tasse de pruneaux, hachรฉs
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de piment de la Jamaรฏque moulu
  • ยฝ c. ร  thรฉ de cannelle
  • ยผ c. ร  thรฉ de clou de girofle moulu
  • 5 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • 1 boรฎte de lait de coconut (conserver un peu de lait pour la garniture)
  • Tranches de pain pumpernickel ou de baguette, rรดties
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
  • Garnitures: graines de citrouille grillรฉes, tranches de pomme fraรฎches

Instructions

Prรฉchauffer le four ร  400หšF. Placer les cubes de courge dans un grand bol, ajouter 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive, le sirop d’รฉrable et le poivre de cayenne. Bien mรฉlanger. Transfรฉrer sur une tรดle ร  cuisson, prรฉalablement recouverte de papier parchemin, en une seule couche. Placer au four et cuire pendant environ 50 ร  60 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que la courge soit tendre et caramรฉlisรฉe, en tournant les cubes et en ajoutant les tranches de pomme ร  mi-cuisson. Retirer du four et rรฉserver.

Chauffer les 2 c. ร  thรฉ d’huile d’olive dans une casserole ร  soupe ou une cocotte, ร  feu moyen. Ajouter l’oignon et faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce qu’il soit translucide, environ 5 ร  6 minutes. Ajouter l’ail et cuire une minute de plus. Ajouter le piment de la Jamaรฏque, la cannelle, le clou de girofle, et les pruneaux. Cuire pendant 2 minutes. Retirer la moitiรฉ du mรฉlange et pulser ร  l’aide d’un robot culinaire ou d’un mรฉlangeur jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une confiture (vous pouvez aussi utiliser un mortier et pilon ou un mรฉlangeur ร  main).

Ajouter les cubes de courge et de pomme ร  la casserole. Assaisonner au goรปt de sel de mer et de poivre. Porter ร  รฉbullition, rรฉduire le feu et laisser mijoter 10 minutes. Laisser refroidir un peu avant de transfรฉrer dans un mรฉlangeur. Pulser et retourner dans la casserole. Ajouter le lait de coconut et conserver environ 1/4 de tasse pour la garniture.ย 

ร‰tendre la confiture sur les tranches de pain pumpernickel ou de baguette. Servir avec la soupe. Bon appรฉtit!

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Sun-Dried Tomato Spread

Sun-Dried Tomato Spread
Sun-Dried Tomato Spread

I use this Sun-Dried Tomato Spread with this burger, but also on wraps, sandwiches, salads, and pasta. It takes 5 minutes to make and it is so delicious. Try it on a vegetable soup too, it’ll become one of your favorite condiment.

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Sun-Dried Tomato Spread

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 8–10 sun-dried tomatoes
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 2–3 leaves fresh basil
  • Olive oil (about 3 tbsp)
  • Salt, to taste

Instructions

Blend all the ingredients to the desired consistency with a small bender or mash with a mortar and pestle. I usually make a large batch and keep it in a jar in the fridge. Bon appรฉtit!

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Confit de tomates sรฉchรฉes

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

Scale
  • 8 ร  10 tomates sรฉchรฉes
  • 2 gousses d’ail
  • 2 ร  3 feuilles de basilic
  • Huile d’olive, au goรปt (environ 3 c. ร  soupe)
  • Sel de mer, au goรปt

Instructions

Mรฉlanger tous les ingrรฉdients jusqu’ร  la consistance dรฉsirรฉe ร  l’aide d’un petit mรฉlangeur ou d’un mortier et pilon. Je confectionne habituellement une recette double ou triple, que je conserve au rรฉfrigรฉrateur. Bon appรฉtit!

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