Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Tahini and Zaartar
A delicious butternut squash soup with middle eastern flavours.
Servings 6 people
Calories 187kcal
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion (1 large or 2 small) finely chopped
- 2 carrots finely chopped
- 2 clove garlic crushed
- 1 butternut squash (about 900 g/ 2lb)
- 3 seeds from cardamon pods crushed
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1.2 liter vegetable or chicken stock (about 5 cups)
To serve
- drizzle tahini
- spinkle of zaartar
- 1 handfull flatleaf parsley
- toasted bread or pita
Instructions
- First roast the butternut squash. Either roast it whole, by stabbing it a few times with a knife and drizzling it with olive oil. Placing it in preheated the oven at around 20 minutes.Or you can chop the butternut squash in half and drizzle with olive oil. Place in the preheated oven for around 20 minutes
- Preheat the oven to around 200 degrees Celsius (375 degrees Fahrenheit)
- Once the butternut quash is roasted, leave to cool. Once cooled skin the butternut squash (it should be very easy to pull it off by hand) and remove the seeds. Alternatively if you have cut halved the butternut squash, remove the seeds with a spoon. Then scoop out the flesh.
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion, garic and carrot. Season with salt and peper and saute for around 10-15 minutes.
- Stire in the pumpkin, and cardamon, cinnamon and nutmeg and cook for a couple of minutes to toast the spices.
- Pour in the stock, cover with a lit and bring to boil. Leave it to simmer, with the lid on, for about 15 minutes. Leave to cool a little and then blend it until smooth.
- If the soup is too thick for your liking, you can always add a little more stock.
- To serve, place in bowls and drizzle with tahini, zaartar and parsley. We leave these on the tables so everyone can adjust the quanities to their taste.
Nutrition
Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 306mg | Potassium: 746mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 16691IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 1mg