This weekend the cold weather finally arrived. On Friday the children were still in the pool and yesterday morning winter was here in all it glory. For me it was quite a shock!!I love winter ....the climate, the clothes and the FOOD!!!!!, but I had to make a quick mind shift and start my winter repertoire in the kitchen. I got a whole bag full of butternut at the market the other day and my family loves butternut, so that was the obvious choice for celebrating the arrival of winter. I was in the kitchen the whole day, not because the soup takes that long, but my daughter, Chloe wanted to make the soup and that slowed down the process quite significantly.
It was a good thing though, because in the end, after the photo shoot, the soup was cold and my husband said that it could actually work as a cold soup. So for you guys, that are in spring mode,
give it a go....
Spicy butternut soup
5 medium sized butternuts (When they are huge, I only use 1-2)
1 medium onion
1 heaped Tsp curry powder
2cm piece grated ginger
2 cloves garlic
1 peeled and grated apple
500ml chicken or vegetable stock
1 liter of milk
250 ml cream
125ml orange juice
zest of the orange
salt and pepper
grated nutmeg
Saute the onion, garlic, ginger and apple in some oil. Add curry powder.
When translucent, add butternut and stock.
Close lid and cook until butternut is soft.
Add milk and orange juice.
Puree the soup with a stick blender of in a food processor.
Pour back into pot and add all seasoning, such as salt, pepper,orange zest and nutmeg.
Stir in 200ml of the cream, keep the rest for decoration.
Please taste your soup and add, maybe a little lemon juice to tart it up, let your own tastebuds lead you.
For the curries prawns.
Peel and de-vein prawns, keep tails in tack.
Heat some olive oil in a pan with 1 level Tsp curry powder and about 2ml paprika.
Fry prawns until just cooked.
Season.
Assembling the dish
I made "cups" with phyllo pastry earlier in the day. I placed the prawns in the phyllo cups and place it in the middle of a plate of soup.
Drizzle with cream and some of the pan juices.
Finish off with fresh herbs.
20 comments:
This is really lovely Nina. Great flavours and fantastic presentation.
Everything you do is amazing!One minute its burning hot and the next its winter.
Beautiful presentation-it looks almost too good to eat!
Nina - I agree with Pixie that soup looks too goo to eat! Very fancy! Can I come to your house for dinner?? LOL
Guy's the requests to come to our house is in vain...I have eaten it all! I am however putting her on Bid or Buy...ANY OFFERS, GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE....Sold to the Husband!!!
How beautiful is that! I'm sure it tastes great but the presentation is divine.
Nina, a spectacular dish and the hubby's gloating underlines it.
oh man....you left the little antenna things on the prawns ~ and I love that, it's like biting into something wild n' free and too much fun!
As usual, your plating is beautiful....you must paint or an visual artist of sorts~with that said culinary artist!
yum!
peter g - we must be in the some time zone, because you are always the first to comment and I appreciate that so much.
glamah - as I said, I am so ready for winter now...
pixie - for half the satisfaction is watching people enjoying my creations.
anonymous - thanks lovey
noble pig - thanks I appreciate your visits.
jan - well you heard the husband, place the bet! I will fly off to the highest bidder.
peter m - He loves showing off....
taste memory - sadly I cannot accept any of the credentials, my hubby is the artist, I am a trained speech therapist who taught Gr 2 children for 15 years and no I am just a mom who loves cooking.
Butternut is one of my favorite soups! And once again I love your prawns. Happy Winter!
That butternut soup with prawns looks so good!! Nice presentation!
i love the warmth of the color...yum!
Nina, thank you for your kind words and prayers. Very sweet of you.
Now..that first photo is the bomb. DMBLGIT? I think yes :)
kate - try and spice up your butternut if you haven't tried it already
kevin - it sure was good, thx for stopping by.
rita - thanks
maryann - yes, it did come out alright. Thanks
As always your photos are just amazing Nina. You make us want to go and try these recipes right away:D
These look fabulous! I wish I could dig in right now!
Looks awesome! Makes me wish I could find good squash right now.
bellini valli - thank you, I am an amateur photographer and your comments make me want to learn more all the time.
katie - it is so easy to make.
jeff - thank you for always visiting...
wow this is fantastic presentation!! this is a really nice work of "eating with your eyes" (and i'm sure this must taste fabulous too). Presentation wise I love all the textures you used, the colours and the volumes...it's not all "flat" and boring! A really nice dish Nina!!
Thanks for sharing your recipe and your tips as well, great help for me as a newbie in the kitchen, just starting ang enjoying cooking.
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