Sunny Anderson's Sunny Easy Acorn Squash Soup Beauty, as seen on The Kitchen, Season 37.
Recipe courtesy of Sunny Anderson

Sunny's Easy Acorn Squash Soup

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  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 1 hr 10 min
  • Active: 25 min
  • Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Soup is one of the comforting things about fall. Just the fact that it demands a bowl for serving makes me comfy. This is an easy recipe you can adapt for different types of squash or use a blend. I just love focusing on the flavor of one and never look at frozen squash cubes or freshly cubed squash in the produce section with a side-eye — they work perfectly here. Just lower the roasting time and cut the fruit and onion smaller to match the size of your freezer find.

Ingredients

Soup:

Garnish:

Directions

  1. For the soup: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the acorn squash, oranges, onion wedges, and garlic on a sheet pan. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with paprika, salt and pepper. Hide the garlic under the orange halves and roast the entire pan until the acorn squash is tender, about 30 minutes. Cool. When easy to handle scoop out the flesh of the acorn squash and add it to a blender along with everything else that was on the roasting pan. Blend until smooth, adding vegetable stock as needed to improve the texture. Keep warm.
  2. For the garnish: Toast the seeds: Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Clean the acorn squash seeds and them pat dry. Place on a baking sheet and spray with cooking spray. Toast in the oven until golden, tossing once during the bake, about 15 minutes total. Remove and season with salt.
  3. Meanwhile, in a small bowl mix together the yogurt and honey. Chill until ready to serve.
  4. Serve the soup with a sprinkle of toasted seeds on top and a swirl of the yogurt mixture.