Butternut squash and sweet potato soup

This easy homemade butternut squash soup with sweet potatoes, tastes absolutely delicious and is super comforting.

What goes well with this soup?

You can’t been warming a baguette in the oven, covering it in butter. The crunch of the baguette with the butter melting on top goes so well with this soup.

Butternut squash and sweet potato soup

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Lunch
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 25 g unsalted butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 butternut square, peeled and chopped
  • 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 600 ml vegetable stock
  • 1/2 tsp parsley
  • salt and pepper
  • 30 ml single cream

Instructions
 

  • In a large saucepan, over a medium heat, melt the butter and add the vegetable oil. Add the onions and cook until translucent. Add the garlic and stir for a few minutes.
  • Add the chopped butternut square and sweet potato and stir for a couple more mins, stiring to coat with the garlic and onion.
  • Pour the vegetables into the soup maker, add the stock, parsley and a large pinch of salt and pepper.
  • Set the soup maker to smooth. When finished, add the cream and serve with a warm buttered baguette.