Butternut Soup - Tony's Meats & Market

Ingredients

• 5 pearl onions, chopped
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 Tbs. chopped garlic
• 1 leek, white part only, chopped
• 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 carrot diced
• 1 celery heart, diced
• 3.5 pounds Tony’s Large or small cubed butternut squash
• 3 quarts (12 cups) chicken broth
• Kosher salt and pepper
• 2 oz. Parmigiano Reggiano, shaved
• 8 basil sprigs