Recipe - Butternut Squash And Pear Soup (With Cashew-Tarragon Ceam)

1 qt Yellow onion, cut into 1/2
inch cubes
2 cup Carrots, cut into One half inch
cubes
2 cup Celery, cut into One half inch
cubes
One half cup Sherry
2 teaspoon Salt, or more to taste
One half teaspoon Black pepper, depending on
taste (up to 1)
3 qt Butternut squash, peeled and
cut or sliced up into One half inch cubes
1 qt Pears, cut or sliced up anjou, bosc,
or asian
3 qt Vegetable stock
2 teaspoon Fresh thyme
2 teaspoon Fresh ginger, minced

CASHEW TARRAGON CREAM
1 cup Cashews
2 tablespoon Fresh tarragon
1/3 cup Lemon juice
2 tablespoon White miso (any light miso)
2 cup Water
Salt, to taste
Black pepper, to taste

This is a recipe out of the Bay Area Vegetarian 1996 magazine I also posted
information about. Ihave not tried this recipe, but it comes from a source
that I respect. The recipe is from Millenium restaurant, a fabulous VEGAN
restaurant in San Francisco that serves gourmet food that follows
McDougall's precepts. Says so right on the menu! I've eaten there twice and
love it.

Saute onion, carrot, and celery in the sherry. When onions are soft, add
half the salt and pepper plus all the remaining ingredients. Simmer until
the squash is soft (approximately 45 minutes). Puree the soup in a blender.
Return it to the soup pot; simmer10 more minutes to marry the flavors,and
then adjust salt and pepper. Serve garnished with cashew tarragon cream and
slices of pear.

Cashew Tarragon Cream: Blend all ingredients in a blender. Start with half
the water, and add the other half as it blends (you may need a little more
than 2 cups). You are looking for the consistency of heavy cram with no
lumpiness.

Nutritional Analysis: Per cup: 130.9 calories (Kcal), 12% calories from
fat, 4.5g protein, 25.5g carbohydrate, 1.9g total fat (.3g saturated fat),
98.5mg calcium, 2.mg iron, 671.6mg sodium, 5.0g dietary fiber.

I would assume that most of the fat in this dish comes from the sauce, so
you could play with that recipe a little or skip it altogether.
Posted to fatfree digest V96 #284

Date: 15 Oct 96 02:52 GMT

From: FINNIGAN@applelink.apple.com (Finnigan, Julie)