Bourbon Butternut Squash Soup

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 6 cups butternut squash, diced peeled, deseeded
• 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup Bourbon
• 5 cups chicken stock or 5 cups canned chicken broth
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste

1. Place butter in 4-quart saucepan and saute onions over medium heat until onions turn opaque. Add squash, ginger, garlic and saute an additional 2 minutes. Add bourbon and ignite with a lighter until alcohol has burned off.
2. Add chicken stock and simmer for 20 minutes. Add all other ingredients and simmer for 5 or more minutes.
3. Blend all ingredients in saucepan with a handheld immersion mixer or blender until all of the soup has been pureed very fine, then add salt and pepper to taste.

butter, onion, butternut squash, fresh ginger, fresh garlic, bourbon, chicken, heavy cream, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, fresh ground black pepper

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/bourbon-butternut-squash-soup-152711 (may not work)