Slow-Cooker Cheesy Butternut Squash and Tortellini Soup
By
Tieghan Gerard
Updated Nov 14, 2014
Squash and apple are brilliant additions to this creamy, beer-spiked soup, made extra rich with three kinds of cheese.
Slow-Cooker Cheesy Butternut Squash and Tortellini Soup
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 15 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 15
Ingredients
- 1 small sweet onion, finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic, grated or finely chopped
- 1 Honeycrisp or Granny Smith apple, finely diced
- 3 cups cubed butternut squash
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 cups Progresso™ chicken broth (from 32-oz carton)
- 3/4 cup whole milk or heavy cream
- 1 can (12 oz) beer (I used pumpkin beer)
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper
- 10 oz cheese tortellini
- 1 1/2 cups shredded fontina cheese (6 oz)
- 1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (2 oz)
- 4 oz crumbled blue cheese, if desired
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Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1Spray or grease 4-quart or larger slow cooker. Add onion, garlic, apple, squash, carrots, chicken broth, milk, beer, crushed red pepper flakes, rosemary, salt and pepper.
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Step2Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 to 6 hours or High heat setting 2 to 4 hours. Squash should be tender.
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Step3Transfer soup to blender; puree until smooth. Return to slow cooker.
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Step4Add tortellini and cheeses; stir to combine. Cover; cook on High heat setting about 10 minutes or until tortellini is soft.
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Step5Ladle into bowls; garnish with extra cheese, if desired. Serve with crusty bread.
Nutrition
310
Calories
16g
Total Fat
15g
Protein
26g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 310
- Calories from Fat
- 140
- Total Fat
- 16g
- 24%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 46%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 85mg
- 28%
- Sodium
- 1130mg
- 47%
- Potassium
- 400mg
- 12%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 16%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 15g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 210%
- 210%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 35%
- 35%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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