Roasted Pear-Butternut Soup with Crumbled Stilton

From EatingWell: October/November 2006

Here pears are roasted to sweet perfection with butternut squash and pureed to create a creamy soup that gets a luxurious garnish of Stilton cheese. You can serve this as a first course or with a salad and crusty bread for a light autumn supper.

READER'S COMMENT:

"The flavor of this soup was really great...and it was the first time I'd ever roasted a pear. Unfortunately, mine had that "grainy" pear texture. I used Bosc pears, which are pretty hard and generally gritty in texture. I would recommend...

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10/10/2012

Anonymous

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easy and great!

The blue cheese garnish goes so well with the soup! Everyone loves this and the leek and pears add to the complex flavor. Make sure the pears are ripe.

Pros: so simple to roast everything in one pan in the oven

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09/19/2012

cecookevt

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This was great. I roasted 1 pear and 1 honeycrisp apple and replaced the tomatoes with a red pepper (that's what I had on-hand). I used 2c fresh apple cider, 1c coconut milk and 1c chicken broth for the liquid - this really bumped up the flavor! It also needed to be spiced up - I added cumin, coriander, cayenne and ginger. Next time I think I will roast the vegetables with the seasonings. Although the cheese sounds great I'm on a no-dairy diet so I substituted roasted walnuts and homemade garlice croutons - YUM!

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01/16/2012

Anonymous

Disappointing at best

I was really not happy with this soup, even more so because I had been looking forward to the interesting combinaiton of roasted pears, tomatoes, and leeks. I felt as though I should have added more garlic cloves and perhaps an onion, however I decided to stick with the instructions as they were for a first try. Very bland, ended up throwing most away. What a waste of beautiful, fresh ingredients.

Pros: Roasted pears, always a plus

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11/16/2011

Anonymous

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OMG

Best soup I've ever made or tasted! I substituted 2 cups of Trader Joe's Pear Cinammon Cider (a most try!) for 2 cups of the broth. Really brought out the flavor of fall!

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10/02/2011

rayraymiester

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Yum!

This was my second time making this soup, I love it. I made a few changes: I roasted about 6 cloves of garlic in foil when I roasted the veggies, I had about 1 cup of left over chickpeas so I pureed them with the soup and it made it nice and thick, I also added some cumin and red pepper to the finished product to deepen the flavor and to give it a kick. This is a great fall recipe!

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