Savory Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Name: Savory Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Total time: 125
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 butternut squash, halved lengthwise and seeded; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon butter, or to taste; 1 onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic, pressed; 0.5 cup shredded carrot, or to taste; 0.5 teaspoon dried marjoram, or to taste; 0.5 teaspoon celery seed, or to taste; 2 pinches cayenne pepper, or to taste; 4 cups chicken stock; 0.25 cup heavy whipping cream, or more to taste; 2 ounces cream cheese, or more to taste

Recipe by Swank from allrecipes.com

Dinner 2 Hr. 5 Mins.

Ingredients

8 servings

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1 tablespoon olive oil
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1 butternut squash, halved lengthwise and seeded
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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1 teaspoon butter, or to taste
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1 onion, diced
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2 cloves garlic, pressed
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0.5 cup shredded carrot, or to taste

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0.5 teaspoon dried marjoram, or to taste
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0.5 teaspoon celery seed, or to taste
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2 pinches cayenne pepper, or to taste
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4 cups chicken stock
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0.25 cup heavy whipping cream, or more to taste
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2 ounces cream cheese, or more to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Rub olive oil on the cut-side of butternut squash halves; sprinkle each with salt and black pepper. Lay squash, cut-side down, on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 1 hour. Scoop squash flesh into a bowl, mash well, and set aside.
Melt butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in melted butter until onion is slightly softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add carrot; cook and stir until carrot and onion are tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
Stir mashed squash, marjoram, celery seed, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into onion mixture; cook and stir until heated through, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in chicken stock; bring mixture to a boil.
Gradually add cream and cream cheese to squash mixture; stir until cream cheese is melted and incorporated. Bring to a simmer and cook until flavors blend, about 30 minutes.