[CH] pumpkin soup...
KnoxBill (knoxbill@comcast.net)
Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:43:25 -0400
several asked for this...
Tortilla and Butternut Squash Soup
Serves 12 to 14
3 tbsp. salted butter
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 c. diced onions
3 carrots, sliced
3 ribs celery, sliced
1 lb. butternut squash, peeled and diced
12 c. chicken stock
1 c. sherry
8 oz. salted tortilla chips
1/2 c. fresh cilantro leaves
2 c. shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 can (4 oz.) diced green chilies
1 bunch scallions, sliced
2 tbsp. freshly squeezed lime juice
8 dashes green Tabasco sauce
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
In a large stockpot, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the
garlic, onions, carrots, celery, and butternut squash. Sauté for ten
minutes, stirring frequently.
Add the stock and sherry. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and
simmer until the squash is soft and tender (about 35 to 40 minutes).
Remove from heat and stir in tortilla chips until wilted. Add the
cilantro and cheese and let the cheese melt into the soup.
Puree the soup in the pot using a hand blender or work in batches with a
regular blender until completely smooth.
Add the chilies and scallions. Stir to combine. Season with lime juice,
Tabasco sauce, and black pepper. Return to the stove and simmer for an
additional five minutes.
Serve in deep, wide, colorful bowls. Sprinkle with blue corn tortilla
chips, chunks of avocado, sliced scallions, Monterey Jack cheese, and a
wedge of lime on the side.
i subbed a large can of pumpkin for the squash...been trying to find
something to do with pumpkin since seeing george's 400 pound pumpkin in
the field...have a couple recipes for stew or soup in a pumpkin shell,
that i think would be a spectacular presentation, but hard to do in the
field...found this, and decided to do it instead of the peanut butter
and (hot pepper) jelly soup that i had originally planned to serve...
maybe someday i can convince george to let me cook a stew in one of his
400 pound pumpkins... <grin>
had some stale corn tortillas that i subbed for the chips as
thickener...used a package of my frozen green chiles from last year at
the field (my last <sob> and there were *none* available this year
<sob>...and a few dashes of my homemade habanero sauce in place of the
tabasco ('cos i didn't have tabasco)...(cilantro?...in this
house?...never!...)...none in my soup...add it you wish...watch the pot
carefully and stir frequently after adding the cheese...the cheese tends
to sink to the bottom and burn...not good...
--
knoxbill
The old lady who said there must be a devil, else how could they make pictures that looked exactly like him, reasoned like a trained theologian -- like a doctor of divinity.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll