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  • Thank you for all you do to support Open Hand’s mission! Enjoy this warm, cozy seasonal recipe from our long-time partner and local Atlanta culinary giant, Chef Doug Turbush (Seed).

    Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
    Roasted Squash
    • 2 medium butternut squash
    • 2 TB brown sugar
    • 1" piece of ginger, sliced thin
    • 2 TB butter
    Soup
    • 2 oz neutral oil
    • 12 ea garlic cloves, sliced thin
    • 5 ea onions, sliced thin
    • 1 gallon chicken stock
    • ½ C heavy cream
    Satchet
    • ½ cinnamon stick
    • 2 cloves
    • 2 allspice
    • 1 star anise
    • 1 TSP black peppercorn
    Maple Sour Cream
    • ½ C sour cream
    • 2 TB maple syrup
    • 1 TSP salt
    RECIPE
    1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
    2. Halve the squash and scoop out seeds. In each cavity place a tablespoon of butter, a tablespoon of brown sugar, and a few slices of ginger.
    3. Place squash in a roasting pan, cavity side up. Cover with aluminum foil, and roast until tender, 45 minutes to an hour. Once cooled, scoop the flesh from the skin.
    4. For the soup: Heat oil in a deep pan or pot and sauté the garlic, then add onions and gently cook until translucent. Add chicken stock and sachet of spices and cook for 15 minutes until tender. 
    5. Add squash and heavy cream. Bring to a boil. Simmer gently for 15 minutes. Remove sachet and blend until smooth.
    6. Separately, mix ingredients for maple sour cream.
    7. Garnish with maple sour cream. Optional topping:  toasted pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed oil.

    We believe food is medicine and food is love. 

    We started as a small group of neighbors cooking and delivering meals for each other at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. That spirit of neighbors nourishing neighbors still drives everything that we do today. When you support Open Hand, you're making a real impact on the health of Georgians in need, but you're also showing our neighbors that we care. Will you join us with a gift today?
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Open Hand delivers love, dignity and nutrition to neighbors in need in Atlanta and throughout Georgia. Since 1988, we have provided delicious, medically tailored meals and nutrition education to thousands of people who are home-bound or unable to cook for themselves. We’re honored to serve seniors, children and families, and our neighbors who are at risk for or have a disability or medical illness.