Dinner with the Stars: Capricorn
Menu Options that compliment your Horoscope Sign

22nd December, 2009 - Posted by Moira x7776closeAuthor: Moira x7776 Name: Moira x7776
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This is a simple fact. Capricorns can do anything.  I imagine a Capricorn had something to do with the discovery of fire, and yes I suspect they invented soup.

In honor of all my wonderful Capricorn friends I am sharing the recipe for my favorite soup! I’ve been serving up bowls of this wonderful, hearty delight for over a decade.  The recipe is from an old copy of Bon Appétit.  It’s so wonderfully Capricorn like: hearty, healthy, practical and yet elegant…that little dab of sour cream blended with apple cider reduction; simply amazing.

Make the soup ahead, or better yet double the recipe and freeze some for the middle of January when Cap’s ruler Saturn will go retrograde and 5 heavenly bodies (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, & Pluto) are lined up in Capricorn. Soups on!

Butternut Squash Soup with Cider Cream

Ingredients:
5 tablespoons butter
2 1/2 pounds butternut squash, peeled, seeded, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 6 cups)
2 cups chopped leeks (white and pale green parts only)
1/2 cup chopped peeled carrot
1/2 cup chopped celery
2 small Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon crumbled dried sage leaves
5 cups chicken stock or low-salt chicken broth – For Vegetarians:  substitute 5 cups Vegetable broth
1 1/2 cups apple cider
2/3 cup sour cream                                                                                                                                                                             1/2 cup whipping cream
Chopped fresh chives

Method:
Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add squash, leeks, carrot and celery; sauté until slightly softened, about 15 minutes. Mix in apples, thyme and sage. Add stock and 1 cup cider and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until apples are tender, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. Cool slightly.

Working in batches, purée soup in blender. Return soup to pan. Boil remaining 1/2 cup cider in heavy small saucepan until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 5 minutes. Cool. Place sour cream in small bowl. Whisk in reduced cider. (Soup and cider cream can be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately and refrigerate.)
Bring soup to simmer. Mix in whipping cream. Ladle soup into bowls. Drizzle with cider cream. Top with chives.

Happy Birthday Capricorns!

2 Comments

Maxine x7791

December 22nd, 2009 at 11:12 AM    

thank you for the birthday wishes… and dishes…

Jill x7888

December 26th, 2009 at 1:43 PM    

Thank you for the recipe! This certainly sounds like it will appeal to my Cap palette. The addition of leeks perks my interest, maybe it’s my Scorpio moon!

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