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Sweet potato and butternut squash soup.

To cook Sweet potato and butternut squash soup you need 12 ingredients and just 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

1. You need of the soup.
2. You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.
3. Prepare 2 tsp of minced garlic.
4. It's 1/2 medium of onion / diced.
5. Prepare 2 medium of sized butternut squash/ peeled, seeded and cut into 2" cubes.
6. Prepare 2 medium of sweet potatoes / peeled and cut into 2" cubes.
7. You need 3 cup of vegetable stock.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of ground sage.
9. You need 1/2 tbsp of salt.
10. It's 1 tsp of ground white pepper.
11. It's 1/3 cup of heavy cream.
12. It's 1 tbsp of salted butter.

Sweet potato and butternut squash soup step by step

1. In large dutch oven, place oil in heated pan..
2. Saute onions and garlic until onion becomes translucent. ( just a few minutes ).
3. Add in all other ingredients except for cream and bring to a soft boil. Then reduce to simmer..
4. Cook until squash and sweet potatoes are tender. About 20 minutes or so..
5. Transfer soup to a blender and add cream. Blend until smooth. Be very careful when blending hot liquids!.
6. Return soup to pot and heat again a minute or so more. Check now for any need for added salt or pepper. ( to your liking ) Add in butter and stir in until melted..
7. Serve. Add a dollup if sour cream on top and for a beautiful presentation a few fried sage leaves..
8. ****** For fried sage leaves just add sage leaves in hot oil and fry.****** super easy and very pretty.