Butternut Squash Soup With Caramelized Onions

• • 800 g butternut squash
  • 4 Tbsp olive oil
  • 3 medium onions
  • 1 L of organic vegetable soup or 2 organic vegetable cubes dissolved into 1 L of water
  • 1 Tbsp coconut sugar
  • 2 Tbsp grapes oil
  • 2 Tbsp cognac or bourbon
  • 50 g raw cashew
  • 100 ml water
  • Salt & pepper
  • Fresh bread
  • Cayenne powder
  • Fresh thyme

• • In a nice plate or bowl, add the soup and top it with the caramelized onions
  • Pour some of the remaining cashew cream on top (use your creativity to make it look fancy – pour little drops, draw thin lines or, if you’re really talented, draw a scarry Halloween pumpkin
  • For a crunchy finish, serve it with a delicious toasted bread on the side.

• To prepare the cashew cream:

  • In a blender, add the raw cashew and water to cover it. Blend it until smooth.
  • If you don’t own a professional blender, soak the cashew for four hours or boil it for 10 minutes. Then remove the excess water and add fresh water for blending.

  To prepare the soup:

  • Cut the butternut squash into cubes
  • Slice 2 onions and mince the 3 cloves of garlic
  • In a medium cooking pot, heat up the olive oil
  • Add the onions and let them cook until translucent
  • Add the garlic over the cooked onions, mix them together and let them cook for 30 more seconds
  • Add the cubed butternut squash, the organic vegetable soup and 2 thyme stems
  • Cook for 30 minutes under the lid
  • When the butternut squash is cooked, blend the soup until you get a creamy texture, using a vertical blender
  • Add half of the cashew cream into the soup and mix it well to combine (you don’t need the blender for this step. You can use a regular spoon to mix the cream & soup)

  To prepare the toasted bread:

  • Preheat the oven at 220 degrees Celsius
  • In an oven tray, lay a parchment paper
    
  • Cut 1 cm bread slices and place them in the tray
    
  • Sprinkle olive oil, salt, cayenne pepper and fresh thyme
    
  • Cook them for 10 minutes, until golden and crunchy

  To prepare the caramelized onions:

  • In a small cooking pot, add 2 Tbsp of grapes oil (or any cooking oil)
  • Add 1 finely sliced onion and let it cook on medium heat for 10 minutes
  • Then add the coconut sugar, salt, pepper and mix them well
  • Add the cognac (or bourbon) and cook for another 2-3 minutes on medium-low heat