Roasted Pear-Butternut Soup With Crumbled Blue Cheese
"Adapted from Food Network. Substitute any blue-veined cheese that you like."
photo by Rachel Potachel
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 2 pears, ripe
- 1 butternut squash
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 1 large leek
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 4 cups homemade stock, divided
- 2⁄3 cup blue cheese, crumbled
- chives, thinly sliced
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Wash produce.
- Core, peel, and quarter pears.
- Peel and seed butternut squash. Cut into 2" chunks.
- Core and quarter tomatoes.
- Using the white and light green parts only, half the leek length-wise. Slice and wash thoroughly.
- Mince garlic.
- Combine pears, squash, tomatoes, leek, garlic, oil, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Toss to coat.
- Spread evenly on a large rimmed baking sheet.
- Roast, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, about 40 minutes. Let cool slightly.
- Place half the vegetables as well as 2 cups of broth in a blender and puree until smooth. Transfer to a large saucepan.
- Puree the remaining vegetables and 2 cups broth. Add to the pan and stir in salt to taste.
- Cook the soup over medium-low heat, stirring until hot about 10 minutes.
- Garnish with cheese and chives.
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I'm a registered dietitian- food is my life! While food has always been an important aspect of my family, my interest in cooking developed as I volunteered for Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline nutrition-through-cooking program for low-income families. I learned so much about cooking techniques while I was there and was really impressed by how much healthier it is to make your own food as opposed to eating out. Currently, I am lucky to work for the People's Community Clinic in Austin, where I pass that information on to patients so that they can create healthy, tasty meals on a budget. I have a wonderful boyfriend, Steven, and a precious blue heeler mix, Lucy, who faithfully taste-test my recipes.
Even though I may be health conscious, don't expect ALL of my recipes to angelic little replicas of MyPyramid. That wouldn't be any fun, now would it? =)
