How to Make Squash Soup Bowls

Name: How to Make Squash Soup Bowls
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Side Dish
Ingredients: 4 acorn squash (or other similar small round squash); Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Avocado Oil

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Baked squash soup bowls are one of the prettiest presentations for nearly any kind of soup or stew. But how do you make squash soup bowls?? It’s actually quite easy!

I give you a couple options to make them but remember the bottom line is that you can scoop or cut out the middles however you prefer — the key is in the baking!

making acorn squash soup bowls - gfJules — Use a biscuit cutter to cut out an even and larger squash soup bowl.

The key is to bake them long enough for the flesh on the inside of the bowl to be tender so you can spoon bites of squash in with your soup. Keep an eye on the baking squash bowls after about 30 minutes though — cook them too long and they’ll start to look wilty and wrinkled.

I love serving my vegetable lentil soup in these bowls, but butternut squash soup, curried carrot soup, sweet potato & apple soup, broccoli-cauliflower soup or even potato soup would be beautiful presented in these lovely squash soup bowls!

Feel free to make more than four, you’ll just need extra pans and enough space in your oven to bake them all!

How to Make Squash Soup Bowls

Yield: 4 soup bowls

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

4 acorn squash (or other similar small round squash)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Avocado Oil

Instructions

Preheat oven 375°F and lightly oil the bottom of two baking dishes (9x13 glass dish works well).

Wash the squash and even the bottom by cutting as little as possible off to level it. Cut the top of the squash off – you can cut it high or low, just be aware that what’s left is the capacity of your bowl, so plan accordingly.

Scrape out the seeds and strings from inside, washing and reserving the seeds for baking, if you like. Either use the squash as is, or use a round biscuit cutter to form an even and uniform circle for the interior of the bowl.

Brush olive oil onto the outside of the squash. Place them into the baking dishes and do not let them touch.

Bake for 30-45 minutes, depending on the thickness of the squash. The inside should be fork tender (do not test the bottom of the squash with the fork, or you could poke through and cause your bowl to leak soup!). The flesh of the squash should be soft enough that you can scoop out some of the inside of the bowl while eating the soup.

Remove to cool slightly before serving with your favorite soup.