Make butternut squash soup with ginger prawns and red bell pepper coulis. Learn to balance sweet squash, aromatic seafood and a vibrant vegetable sauce.
Start the soup: Heat oil in a heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onions. Sauté until tender (about 5 minutes). Add the garlic. Stir for 1 minute. Add squash, vegetable stock, and orange juice. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and until the squash is soft for about 40 minutes. Cool slightly.
Red pepper : Place the pepper in a small saucepan. it with just enough water and add a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil and when the vegetables are soft, turn off the heat, strain the solids but reserve the liquid.
Put the pepper in a blender with only enough of the reserved liquid to make it thin. Process until thin and add extra liquid to adjust the . Then strain the coulis through a sieve to remove any bits of peel. Season and keep refrigerated.
Prepare the prawns: Toss prawns with ginger, olive oil, tomatoes in a bowl and . Chill for 30 minutes.
the soup: Working in batches, soup in a blender until very smooth. Thin the soup with more broth if desired. Simmer for 3 minutes, taste and rectify the seasoning with salt and pepper. Stir in the freshly chopped cilantro.
Sauté the prawns in the remaining tablespoon of olive oil, with salt and pepper and cook for about 5 minutes.
Ladle soup into bowls. Swirl 1 tablespoon Red Pepper Puree into soup in each bowl. Add 2 large prawns per plate. Spoon the tomato over the soup and with few cilantro leaves. Serve hot
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