This savoury butternut soup is my midweek winter warmer! It’s nourishing, smooth, creamy and just yummy.

Ingredients

✔1 butternut, peeled and cored

✔Half an onion, sliced

✔Water

✔1 vegetable stock cube or chicken stock cube

✔ 3 quarters of a cup Nestlé evaporated milk

✔Salt to taste

✔1 teaspoon brown sugar

✔Cracked black pepper

📍Cut butternut into slices, and put into a deep pot with the sliced onion.

Add enough water to cover the butternut, and bring to boil.

📍Once butternut has softened, add in the stock cube.

Simmer until butternut is fully cooked, soft, and breaks apart when poked with a fork.

📍Remove from heat and blend. I use a stick blender.

Add the evaporated milk, salt, teaspoon of sugar and black pepper to taste. Blend until fully incorporated. Return to heat and simmer for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.

Garnish with pan roasted pumpkin seeds and a swirl of cream.