Simple Butternut Squash soup w/ chopped bacon, dash sour cream

Ingredients

Soup

2 lb butternut squash, halved lengthwise

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1 1/2 cup vegetable stock

3/4 cup creme fraiche

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

Garnish

3 slices thick bacon, cooked and chopped

1  container sour cream, garnish only

1 tablespoon chives, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 oF, butter a baking dish and place squash face up and bake for 1 hour or until soft

2. Peel squash and place in blender with remaining soup ingredients and blitz until creamy

3. Transfer to saucepan and heat over a medium to low heat, ladle into warmed bowls

4. Garnich with 1 teaspoon sour cream, bacon and pinch of chives

This soup is really simple to make, it can also be made a day ahead of time, if the next day it seems to be too thick, add in some vegetable stock 1/2 cup at a time!!!

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