After a long, long “vacation” I am finally back to the blog-o-sphere full of renewed energy, new ideas for this blog and some very exciting new projects regarding food. But before I continue, I want to wish everybody a New Year full of happiness, love, prosperity and delicious food. I am sure this year will be a lot better than last, it has to be!
Last year was seen by many as a very difficult one, but it also had a lot of good moments. For me it was the year that marked the beginning of a career in the field of food and food photography. However, it is only the beginning and I still have a very long way to go to fulfill many of my plans regarding this aspect of my life. My culinary resolutions for this year have to do with continuing learning more about food, food photography and building relations in this field.
Last year was also the year when I found the “voice” for this blog. I’ve always loved the cuisine of my country, but I realized that learning more about it, experimenting with the ingredients I grew up with and sharing that knowledge with others was something I also loved. If you have been following this blog you might have noticed this change, even the subtitle of this blog changed in accordance. This year I want to continue in that direction and I am very happy that more and more people have followed this blog after these changes. Thank you! You, my dear reader, are the one who keeps this blog going. And now to the food.
The new year has been very cold and snowy here in Ohio. That picture above shows the conditions we’ve been having here for almost 2 weeks now. That’s why I have made a lot of soups and comfort food. Last week I prepared a butternut squash soup, but I wanted to give it that Mexican twist so I added half of a chipotle pepper just to give it a hint of spiciness and topped it up with fried Mexican chorizo, because a little bit of fat and protein in your soup doesn’t hurt anybody.
Butternut Squash and Chorizo Soup
The ingredients:
- 1 small butternut squash
- 4-6 cups vegetable or chicken broth
- 2 oz cream cheese
- 1/2 chipotle adobado pepper
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 small onion
- 1 TBSP Mexican oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 lb Mexican chorizo
The how-to:
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- Roast the squash in the oven and peel.
- Blend squash with cream cheese, pepper, garlic, onion and 2 cups of broth.
- Pour in a medium sauce pan over medium high heat.
- Add the rest of the broth and bring to a boil.
- Add oregano, salt and pepper and reduce to low heat.
- Simmer for 15 minutes stirring constantly.
- In an skillet cook chorizo until brown.
- Serve soup in bowls and top with one or two spoonfuls of chorizo and enjoy hot.
¡Buen provecho!
29 Replies
I’m always looking for new butternut squash recipes… looks delicious! happy new year!
Posted on January 11th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
I love the sweet and spicy combination you have here. Sounds great!
Posted on January 11th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Love everything about it! It's spicy, creamy, cheesy, chorizoey…yum!
Posted on January 11th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Did you say a soup with chorizo? Creamy and spicy.. well I'm summer and I want it urgently no matter the warm days
Have a great week!
Gera
Posted on January 11th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
I agree that a bowl of lovely warm soup would hit the spot right now Ben.
Posted on January 11th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Creamy and sweet with the spice of chorizo. Looks like a good way to stay warm.
Posted on January 11th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Mmmm, mouth watering good. Simple and healthy. Right up my alley. THANKS BEN!
Posted on January 11th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Love the combo of butternut squash and chorizo – a little sweet and a little salty! Perfecto!
Posted on January 11th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Welcome back Ben and happy new year! Good to see you feel rejuvenated after a nice break…love the soup especially with the slight Mexican twist.
Posted on January 11th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
butternut squash soup with chipotle peppers is a fantastic idea! Love the colors and the photos are so wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 5:47 am
I love the contrasting textures and colors that you have used!! Good luck with all your plans in 2010, I have now doubt that you will accomplish many of them!!!
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 6:00 am
Oh Ben, this is one to bookmark for sure!
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Love the combination of the salty, spicy chorizo and the roasted butternut squash. Looks delicious!
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Glad you are back with delicious food and beautiful pictures! Happy new year, Ben!
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
what a fabulous combination of flavours and textures! Brilliant! I love both chorizo and butternut squash and am looking forward to making this soon!
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Thank you for all the wonderful recipes.
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Oh! I just roasted the butternut squash last night…your soup looks delicious, very creamy and rich
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Happy New Year to you too ! The soup sounds delightful, I love butternut squash in soups
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Happy Newyear to you too Ben! May it bring all your wishes come true! It's been rather cold here in Holland too and I was just remarking that it has been possibly 25 years ago that we had as much snow as we have right now! Perfect for good soups!!
Posted on January 12th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Ooooh, the sweetness of the butternut squash must pair so well with the savory and spicy flavors of all the other ingredients here. Great soup!
Posted on January 13th, 2010 at 4:19 am
Ben, I adore the colours of the soup, the flavours and the flavour contrast…sweet squash against smoky, spicy chipotle.
Posted on January 13th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Welcome back Ben and happy New Year! You started it off great with this delicious and warming soup!
Posted on January 13th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
What a delicious combination! I just love when soups like this are made to be more spicy and savory than sweet. This looks great.
Posted on January 16th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Would you look at the colour of that soup! Ben it looks so delicious!
Posted on January 16th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Whenever I stumble across a new recipe that I end up trying I always source back and leave a comment about how it turned out.
This soup is awesome. It's perfect. The chipotle is spicy and sweet, which blends very very well with the sweet of the squash. God, it was perfect. I'm really impressed. I will so be making this again. And again. Yum!
Posted on January 17th, 2010 at 2:23 am
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Posted on January 16th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
LOVE the Mexican twist to this soup. Looks delicious! Congrats on the new food related career: that's what I wish I could magically do: cook, blog, take photos
Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I love squash and a spicy sausage together. Great photo too.
Posted on January 23rd, 2010 at 3:01 am
This is going to be on t he menu this weekend! Thanks for the recipe. It sounds divine!
Posted on January 28th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
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