Bean and Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

Place Great Northern beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain.

Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is translucent 5 to 10 minutes. Add bay leaves and cook until fragrant about 1 minute.

Mix beans water and bouillon into onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat cover pot and simmer stirring occasionally until beans are tender about 1 hour.

Stir squash carrots celery salt black pepper white pepper ginger and allspice into broth mixture; simmer until squash and carrots are tender about 20 minutes.

Remove bay leaves from broth mixture and discard. Scoop 2 to 3 cups of vegetable-bean mixture using a slotted spoon from broth; blend broth and remaining vegetable-bean mixture using a hand blender until smooth. Return the vegetable-bean mixture to broth mixture and stir in sausage. Simmer soup until sausage is cooked through 5 to 10 more minutes.