Sunday 31 October 2010
Roast Kabocha Squash and Sweetcorn Soup
I know, another squash soup, but they are rather lovely to cook with and make for healthy and filling lunches. This week we ordered a special extra box from Riverford Organics which delivered 8 beautiful specimens of kabocha, acorn, butternut and small pumpkin varieties. The kabocha was particularly beautiful, a deep speckled green with a blush of orange, and as warty as a witch's nose, so it seemed appropriate to mark Hallowe'en, or perhaps more appropriately for a Scot, Samhain, by cooking it. The regular Riverford veg box also provided us with some sweetcorn cobs, so it seemed logical to combine them. The usual method: cut the squash into wedges and roast. Sweat an onion in olive oil, add the roasted squash, scooped from the skin, and the kernels from a couple of stripped sweetcorn cobs. Just cover with veg stock, simmer for 20 minutes or so and then blend - I left half unblended to give texture. No chilli or herbs this week, just gentle, unadorned sweetness and goodness! Like me. (ha!)
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