Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

This vegan roasted butternut squash soup is really easy, has a fantastic flavor, is gluten-free and dairy-free, and has a rich creamy texture that is like liquid velvet.

When butternut squash is in season I always crave my mother’s roasted veggies. I love heading up to my local farmer’s market and picking some different varieties of squash to roast with some carrot, onions, and garlic. Roasting is righteous, and roasted butternut squash has a natural sweetness that gives this soup a beautiful flavor. I’ve also added roasted garlic which adds a touch of magic. Don’t skip this step. The soup doesn’t have the same depth of flavor without it.

Ginger and roasted butternut squash were just meant to be in the pot together. I’ve keep the ginger subtle. For an added dimension of flavor, I never miss steeping cilantro root in the broth. Cilantro root is getting harder and harder to get with most mainstream grocery stores and even health food stores selling bunches of cilantro with the roots already chopped off. I typically head to the Asian grocer to get cilantro bunches with the roots still attached. If you can’t find cilantro root, using the stems still adds great flavor. So, don’t skip this step. The cilantro accents the flavor of the roasted butternut squash, but doesn’t overpower it.

This roasted butternut squash soup is simple but sublime. Don’t miss it this holiday season.

Butternut squash has a naturally creamy texture when cooked, but when you blend this soup in a high-speed blender you get an incredible texture. I use the KitchenAid Pro Line® Series Blender and I love it. It is so powerful it gets this soup really rich and creamy.

I blend a lot of soups, and I test my recipes on a lot of different blenders. Most blenders have malleable lids that have a lot of give. After regular usage (especially when put through the dishwasher repeatedly) the lids can warp compromising the seal. I have had lids pop off mid-way through blending a hot soup, and I’m not fond of Jackson-Pollock-style soup-on-the-ceiling-and-walls kitchen art.

Seeing the lid wobble, spin, and move during blending makes me nervous.

The KitchenAid Pro Line® Series Blender or High Performance Series blender both come with reinforced lids that are not malleable and don’t move. So, they enable a really firm and complete seal so you don’t have to worry about the heat popping the lid off.

Do not miss making this roasted butternut squash soup. It is really easy and so delicious.

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