Butternut Chilli Soup. Butternut Chilli Soup

You can have Butternut Chilli Soup using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Butternut Chilli Soup
  1. You need of for the soup.
  2. You need 5 of baby butternuts (about 5 cups - steamed and roughly mashed).
  3. It’s 1 of small onion finely chopped.
  4. It’s 1 1/2 tbsp of garlic butter.
  5. Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
  6. You need 1 cup of fresh cream.
  7. It’s 1 can of coconut cream (discard liquid).
  8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg.
  9. You need 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  10. Prepare 1 tsp of corriander powder.
  11. It’s 1/2 tsp of chilli powder.
  12. It’s of salt and freshly ground black peppercorns.
  13. It’s 1/2 tsp of mixed herbs.
  14. You need 1 1/2 tsp of grated coconut.
  15. You need 1 of medium tomato grated and microwaved for a minute.
  16. It’s of for the topping.
  17. Prepare of chopped spring onion.
  18. You need slices of toasted almond.
Butternut Chilli Soup step by step

  1. Heat olive oil and garlic butter in a saucepan until butter melts..

  2. Add finely chopped onion and saute until tender..

  3. Mix in roughly mashed butternut and then grated tomato..

  4. Add in cream and coconut cream and mix well..

  5. Season with salt, pepper, mixed herbs, corriander powder, chilli powder, nutmeg and cinnamon. Add coconut. Stir..

  6. Allow to cook for about 5 - 7 minutes then remove from heat and allow to cool..

  7. Blend until smooth. Reheat - I added about 1/4 cup of water to thin slightly. A bit more can be added if you prefer a thinner consistency..

  8. To serve top off with some toasted almonds and chopped spring onion..