Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

4 1/2 lb acorn squash, halved 5 tb butter, unsalted 4 lg leeks,
chopped (white and -tender green) 7 thyme, fresh or 1 ts dried 5
c chicken broth 1 1/4 ts salt 1/2 ts pepper, fresh ground 1/2
c sour cream 2 tb chives, chopped (3 tb) 8 bacon slices, fried
crisp and -crumbled 1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F. PLACE
SQUASH, CUT SIDE DOWN, ON A BAKING SHEET AND BAKE UNTIL TENDER, ABOUT
40 MINUTES. LET COOL SLIGHTLY. USING A SPOON, SCOOP OUT THE FLESH. 2.
MEANWHILE, IN A LARGE HEAVY SAUCEPAN, MELT THE BUTTER OVER LOW HEAT.
ADD THE CHOPPED LEAKS AND THYME. COOK, STIR RING CONTINUOUSLY, UNTIL
SOFT AND LIGHTLY BROWNED. REMOVE THYME SPRIGS (IF YOU USED FRESH).

3. STIR IN THE STOCK AND THE SQUASH. SIMMER FOR AROUND 20 MINUTES. IN
SMALL BATCHES, PLACE IN BLENDER OR FOOD PROCESSOR. PUREE UNTIL
SMOOTH. POUR BACK INTO THE PAN AND SEASON WITH SALT AND PEPPER. SERVE
WITH A DOLLOP OF SOURCREAM AND CRUMBLED BACON.

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