Maple Squash Soup with Apple

Maple Squash Soup with Apple

Maple Squash Soup with Apple

This recipe, Maple Squash Soup with Apple, there are numerous varieties of winter squash to choose from.  All of them tantalizing in this rich buttery soup…pumpkin, acorn, butternut…are just a few.

 

Maple Squash Soup with Apple Recipe

 

Maple Squash Soup with Apple

1 Tbsp. olive oil

1 large onion, coarsely chopped

2 large Granny Smith apples (1 lb.), peeled, cored and cut into chunks

¼ tsp. cinnamon

1/8 tsp. cumin

1/8 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. black pepper

1 package (12 oz.) frozen winter squash, thawed

2 ½ cups chicken broth

¾ cup 1% milk

¼ pure maple syrup

1 chopped apple

 

In a Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium heat.  Add the onion and apples and cook, stirring often, for 8 minutes or until tender.  Stir in the cinnamon, cumin, salt and pepper.

Add the squash and broth.  Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.  Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes.

Puree the soup in batches in a food processor or blender.  Return to the saucepan and stir in the milk and maple syrup.  Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often.  Allow it to cool slightly, ladle into bowls and garnish each with a little chopped apple.

 

(Recipe for Maple Squash Soup with Apple, The Sugar Solution, 2006, 2015)

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Walnut-Nutmeg Pumpkin Custard

Walnut-Nutmeg Pumpkin Custard

Walnut-Nutmeg Pumpkin Custard

 

This recipe is from Diabetic Living, it would be great to have something for all the people that you care about.  All the high calorie desserts that appear on the table after a BIG meal, it would be nice to have something that ANYONE could enjoy.

Walnut-Nutmeg Pumpkin Custard Recipe

Walnut-Nutmeg Pumpkin Custard

1 cup evaporated fat-free milk

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 eggs, lightly beaten

2/3 cup pure maple syrup

½ cup refrigerated or frozen egg product, thawed

2 tsp. vanilla

¼ tsp. salt

¾ tsp. ground nutmeg

¼ tsp. ground allspice

¼ chopped walnuts

¼ cup regular rolled oats

2 Tbsp. packed brown sugar

1 Tbsp. butter, melted

½ cup frozen light whipped dessert topping, thawed

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Coat eight (6 oz.) ramekins with non-stick cooking spray.  Place ramekins in two 2-quart square baking dishes.

In a medium bowl combine evaporated milk, pumpkin, eggs, maple syrup, egg product and vanilla.  In a small bowl sift together ½ teaspoon of nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon salt and the allspice.  Add spice mixture to the pumpkin mixture; beat with a wire whisk until well mixed.

In the small bowl that contained the spice mixture combine walnuts, oats, brown sugar, and the remaining ¼ teaspoon nutmeg.  Add melted butter; stir just until combined.

Divide pumpkin mixture evenly among the prepared ramekins.  Place baking dishes on the oven rack.  Pour enough boiling water into baking dishes to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins.  Bake 15 minutes.  Carefully top each with 1 tablespoon of the nut mixture.  Bake 15 or 20 minutes more or until knife inserted near center comes out clean.

Remove ramekins from water; cool on a wire rack 30 minutes.  Cover and chill 2 to 8 hours before serving.  To serve, top with whipped dessert topping and, if desired, sprinkle with additional nutmeg.

8  serving

(Recipe for Walnut-Nutmeg Pumpkin Custard came from Diabetic Living, Winter, 2013)

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