On Sundays I feel that we should be having a full "Sunday night" dinner. But even though I took out a roast out of the freezer yesterday, it still wasn't defrosted in time to make dinner tonight, so we came up with Plan B: Butternut Squash Soup and Bacon and Asiago Crumpets.
Butternut Squash Soup
I didn't have a recipe so I used my basic Leek and Potato recipe and modified it slightly. Here's what I did:
- Cut one medium butternut squash down the middle and roasted in the oven for one hour.
- Melted two teaspoons of butter in a large pot and added one diced onion. Let cook for five minutes.
- Add two diced up potatoes and one and a half cartons of chicken stock. Let boil until potatoes cook.
- Cut up squash and add to the soup.
- Puree with immersion blender.
- Add 1/2 cup of cream and 1/2 cup of white wine.
- Add salt, pepper and splash of nutmeg.
- Serve in bowls and add a dollop of sour cream.
Overall, a pretty basic recipe and it turned out pretty well. I think this will be a winter favourite.
Bacon and Asiago Crumpets
These were delish! I got this recipe from the Mildred Pierce Restaurant brunch cookbook. They were good and pretty easy to make, but I certainly don't need 12 of them. My husband, T, really liked these though and maybe they won't be around that long.
They had a nice flavour and had a bit of a bite to them with the asiago cheese and the scallions. I think they might be nice in the toaster too for enjoyment throughout the week.
Lessons learned:
- I can make soup without a recipe
- If a recipe calls for crumpet rings, if you don't mind a messy border, you don't need them
- Hillebrand Riesling is our new favourite wine and it went really well with the mild soup
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