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  • 1 large butternut squash
    (800g), peeled and cubed
  • 3 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 1 onion
    finely chopped
  • 2 celery sticks
    chopped
  • 1 garlic clove
    crushed
  • ½ tsp chilli flakes
  • 400g can butterbeans
  • 800ml low-salt veg stock
  • ½ small bunch of thyme
    tied
  • 2 tsp white wine vinegar
  • 4 tbsp fresh pesto
    (or vegan pesto alternative)
  • low-fat yogurt (or dairy-free yogurt if vegan)
    and crusty bread, to serve

Nutrition: Per serving

  • kcal296
    low
  • fat14g
  • saturates1g
  • carbs29g
  • sugars13g
  • fibre11g
    high
  • protein8g
  • salt0.8g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oven to 200C/180C/gas 6. Pit the squash on a baking sheet and toss with 1 tbsp of the oil and a pinch of salt. Roast for 25-30 mins or until tender.

  • step 2

    Heat the remaining oil in a casserole dish or saucepan with a lid. Add the onion and celery with a pinch of salt and fry over a low-medium heat for 10 mins, or until softened and translucent. Add the garlic, chilli and butterbeans and cook for 1 min more. Add the roasted squash with the stock, thyme and vinegar. Cover with the lid and cook over a medium heat for 10 mins.

  • step 3

    Remove and discard the thyme. Blitz half the soup with a stick blender, leaving some whole bits of squash. Ladle the soup into bowls and top with a swirl of fresh pesto and a dollop of yogurt. Serve with hunks of crusty bread.

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A star rating of 4.6 out of 5.19 ratings

Louisa Nodwell

Quick and easy and really tasty. Had to halve it as only had half a squash left. Didn’t have white wine vinegar so used red wine and raspberry vinegar (such a small amount I’m sure it wouldn’t have a big impact overall). I also roasted the butternut squash in the air fryer - I used the roast option…

Debbie Foster 1

Thanks for the Airfryer tip! Will do that today!

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Caz Davies

My kids didn’t like this at all. Which is a shame, I loved it.

Hcompton

Delicious - definitely going to make again. I chose to blend the whole thing and the consistency was still great. A perfect warming soup.

jessica.j.crisp36389

WOW this is absolutely amazing. I rarely make soups but I totally will do from now on. I followed the recipe exactly. Makes 4 very generous sized portions. Can’t wait to make it again!

rice7922

Made this as quick lunch. I air fried the squash which worked really well about 18 minutes @170C. The following day I had half left and a portion of red lentil Dahl , mixed them together, absolute heaven.

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