Squash, Apple and Cider Soup

A real seasonal bowl of soup this one – and a result of consulting several different soup recipes involving pumpkins/root veg and cider. I used a couple of small harlequin squashes, and a cooking apple, with onion, garlic, allspice, ground ginger, nearly a whole bottle of organic dry cider and enough stock to cover the veg. Caramelising the onion at the start rather just sweating it seemed to add a nice flavour. When the squash was soft the soup was blended, cream stirred in and garnished with cox apple slices, fried in a little oil and butter until brown, and then seasoned with a little cinnamon and a pinch of brown sugar.