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Winter Squash and Cider Bisque

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

November 27, 2007

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Yiel d: 11⁄2 gallons
1⁄2 lb. butter
2 bunches leeks (white only), sliced
2 large onions, chopped
4 lbs. peeled and cut up butternut,
acorn, blue hubbard or other
winter squash
1 lb. peeled potato, diced
1 qt. chicken stock
1 qt. fresh sweet apple cider
salt, pepper, cinnamon, hot sauce to taste
1 pt. heavy cream

  1. In a large soup pot, melt the butter and cook the onions and leek until softened. Add the squash and potatoes and cover with equal parts stock and cider. Simmer over low heat until all vegetables are softened.

  2. Puree the soup until smooth, adding more stock or cider as needed. Adjust the seasonings and balance the sweetness of the soup with a few dashes of hot sauce (like Tabasco).

  3. At service heat the soup and stir in the heavy cream enrichment just before serving. For a festive touch serve the soup in a hollowed out pumpkin that has been pre heated in the oven.

Recipe from Paul Correnty, Harvard (MA) Schools

About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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