I was in one of my creative moods when I decided to concoct this recipe! Some friends were coming over for dinner and I needed to impress them with a warming January feast to distract them from the fact that my heating wasn’t working! I LOVE squash-based recipes… it gives an amazing texture and is a great wintery filler! I whacked in some nutmeg here as a bit of an experiment!
INGREDIENTS
1 Onion
2 Garlic cloves (but add more if you’re eating alone!)
½ Butternut squash (cut up roughly)
1 tsp Nutmeg
Stock (1/2 pint of water and 1 dessert spoon of Bouillon powder)
Tamari soy sauce (4 good slurps)
METHOD
1.Gently fry onion, garlic with the nutmeg in a splatter of oil and 1 slurp of Tamari soy sauce in a large saucepan
2. When brown add butternut squash and keep mixing for 5 minutes
3. Add stock and 3 slurps of Tamari soy sauce
4. Simmer until squash is soft
5. Blend until smooth (I use a Vitamix which is fab but you can also use any other blender)
6. Lastly, be inventive! I grated another half a nutmeg and sprinkled on top. But you can also make a swirl of yogurt or add a sprig of parsley.
