Rosemary Butternut Bisque Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the squash on a baking sheet and roast until tender, about 25 minutes. Transfer to a large saucepan and add the chicken broth, rosemary and orange zest. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Place the mixture in a food processor and process until smooth. Stir in the salt and pepper. Ladle the soup into bowls and swirl a little of the cream into each bowl if desired. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan set over medium heat, melt the butter until it foams. Add the squash, fennel, ginger and garlic and cook slowly until soft, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour and stir, then cook for 5 or 6 minutes to incorporate.
• Meanwhile, in a large pan set over medium-high heat, fry the bacon until crisp. Remove and drain over paper towels. Reserve.
• Add the vermouth and cognac to deglaze the first pan, and reduce the liquids until the pan is almost dry. Add the tomato juice and reduce it by half, approximately 3 minutes. Add the stock, anise and cardamom and simmer until it has reduced by roughly half, about 30 minutes. When the bisque has reduced, remove from heat and stir in the tarragon. Cover and steep for 5 minutes. Whisk in the crème fraîche, then strain bisque through a fine-meshed sieve or chinois.
• Season with salt, lime juice and cayenne. Serve immediately with a slice of crisp bacon over the top, and a sprinkle of pumpkinseeds.

Steps:

• Combine the squash, shallots, onion, pepper, nutmeg, garlic, bouquet garni and chicken stock in a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat until the squash is tender, about 20 minutes. Drain, reserving the liquid, discard the bouquet garni and puree in a food processor.
• Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan. Whisk in the flour, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, whisking constantly. Gradually whisk in the reserved cooking liquid, and bring to a boil; then, stirring constantly, add the squash puree.
• Stir in the half-and-half, and season with salt and pepper. Garnish each serving with a sprinkling of freshly ground nutmeg.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Rub cut surfaces of garlic with oil. Put halves back together to reassemble heads. Wrap each tightly in foil; bake until tender, about 40 minutes. Cool garlic in foil.
• Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onions, carrots and celery; sauté until onions are beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add squash, broth and 2 tablespoons sage. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered until squash is tender, about 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, unwrap garlic. Squeeze from skin into small bowl. Discard skin. Mash garlic with fork until smooth.
• Stir garlic into soup. Working in batches, purée soup in blender until smooth. Return to pot. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerate uncovered until cold. Cover and keep refrigerated. Bring to simmer before continuing.) Stir in 1/2 cup cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer soup to tureen. Drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon cream.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sage.