I took cooking class first quarter in school. We were trying to focus on seasonal foods and as a result many of our dishes were based around butternut squash. The original had too much curry for me so I reduced that a bit and also added the chestnuts which give it a nice rich sweeter taste but otherwise this is pretty much the same.

Step 1: Ingredients

1 medium butternut squash

1 carrot

1 tart apple

handful of chestnuts.

1/2 onion

1 stalk of celery

1 teaspoon curry powder

6 tablespoons butter

1 quart of broth or water

salt

pepper

1/4 cup cream or 1/2 cup whole milk

Step 2: Baking the Squash

Cut the squash in half, bake at 400 degrees until soft. After it has cooled, scrape off the skin.

Step 3: Chopping and Sauteing

Saute the onion in the butter until soft. Add the chopped carrot, apple and celery. Saute those as well until soft - 10 minutes or so.

Step 4: Add Everything Together

Add the squash, curry powder, broth, salt and pepper. Also peel a handful of chestnuts and put those in as well. Mix it up good and simmer for 30 minutes.