Squash, Pear & Bacon Soup
Prep Time25 mins
Cook Time50 mins
Total Time1 hr 15 mins
Ingredients
- 6 slices of bacon cut into pieces
- 1 medium onion thinly sliced
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 4 cups Squash (Blue Kuri, Moranga, Thelma Sanders) cut into cubes
- 3 large pears peeled and cubed
- 3/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 tsp Herbes de Provence
- 1 cup cream 15%
- Salt and ground pepper to taste
- Fresh thyme chopped to taste
Instructions
- In large saucepan, cook bacon until crisp. Dry with paper towel, then crumble.
- Remove almost all the bacon fat from the pan and add the onion.
- Once the onion is sweated, add the chicken broth, squash, pears and celery.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Let cool a little, then blend the mixture with immersion blender.
- Put back in the pan and add the herbs de Provence and the bacon.
- Continue cooking over low heat for about 10 minutes.
- Add the cream, salt and pepper.