Photography Credit: Elise Bauer

Tis the season for squash and pear! These two pals of fall work beautifully together in this creamy, lightly spicy, gingery soup.

When I first posted this recipe years ago, I suggested roasting a halved butternut squash first, to get make purée as the base for the soup. That works, but you are left with an excess of squash purée, and sometimes it’s just easier to start with pre-cut butternut squash.

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So, in this revised version, I’m browning pre-cut cubed squash in olive oil and butter, then cooking onions with spices, and then adding chopped pears, before adding back the squash and stock to make the soup.

Pears and ginger love each other, so I’m adding a little ground ginger for some zing, as well as a splash of nutmeg.

The soup is similar to a spicy pumpkin soup also here on Simply Recipes, but with a distinctive pear flavor. You can add a thin slice of Bartlett pear to each serving, or cut up a pear in small pieces and mix them into the soup for added sweetness.

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