Marty wrote about :

>> http://www.rickbayless.com/recipe/view?recipeID=251
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> The recipe called for two apples, it could easily have been three, since
> they were cooking size Granny Smiths, not jumbos.
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> With three chipotles and a little of the adobo, it was pretty spicy for
> some folks. While it doesn't bother me, it might be tamed down for some
> folks.
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> Also the recipe calls for oven baking the veggies on a sheet at the same
> time as the squash. I found the timing to be off. In particular running
> the full time will result in some scorching of the onions. I added some
> more that I sauteed in a pan and tossed some of the dark ones from the
> sheet. Next time instead of stirring the veggies halfway through and
> leaving them in the oven, I will just pull them out halfway through the
> squash bake.
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> I didn't use a blender. I just mashed down the cooked squash a bit and
> whizzed it up with my immersion blender right in the cooking pot.
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> Do NOT dispense with the home made croutons no matter what. They are a
> very important part of this dish.


I added some apple juice and extra chipotles to the soup when I made it; the
squash pretty much overpowered both of those flavors as the recipe was
written. Maybe the apples and chipotles were a bit too small. I cut the
recipe in half, and just finished off the last of the soup today. (It was
made on Sunday, though, so it hadn't been sitting around *too* long.)

Bob