Recipe courtesy of Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger

Squash Flower Soup

  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 1 hr 10 min
  • Prep: 30 min
  • Cook: 40 min
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Ingredients

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

2 onions, sliced

1 teaspoon salt, or more to taste

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

3 garlic cloves, sliced

2 quarts Vegetable Stock, recipe follows

1 pound (8 cups loosely packed) zucchini or other squash flowers

1/2 cup grated Anejo cheese

1 lime, cut into 6 or 8 wedges

Directions

  1. In a stockpot melt the butter over moderate heat. Saute the onions with the salt about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 to 2 minutes longer. Pour in the vegetable stock or water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook 10 to 12 minutes. Then stir in the flowers and cook 5 minutes longer. Transfer to a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Sift through a strainer back into the soup pot. Pour in the half and half and bring back to a boil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot, garnished with the cheese and lime wedges.

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a_barbieri

VERY minimalist recipe! The reason I like to cook with squash blossoms is because they have such a subtle flavor, but they’re so beautiful! This recipe is simply garlic, onions and squash blossoms and you purée the whole thing, so you don’t really see the squash blossoms at all. That’s very disappointing to me and the Anejo cheese flavor Almost overwhelms the flavor of the squash blossoms in the puréed soup. Even a bit of cilantro or episode day would be an appropriate garnish as is used in many other squash Blossom soup recipes. So I don’t quite understand this particular recipe. And yes, I did try it.

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