Pumpkin Soup

Chelly | Oct. 31, 2022, 1:20 p.m.

Description:

A nourishing and delicious Soup to heat you up during a cold winter, packed with nutrition. Add some crusty bread for a real winter warmer.

Ingredients:

• 1 Onion
• 2tbsp Butter
• 20g Ginger(root)
• Salt
• 5 Pumpkin (small)
• 1 litre Stock
• 3 cloves Garlic(crushed)

Method:

1. Preheat your oven.
2. Get 4 small pumpkins, cut off each lid, remove the seeds and fruit to about a 0.5 cm on the sides. You can use the pumpkins as bowls (optional).
3. Chop up the fruit of the pumpkin into chunky pieces.
4. Peel the onion and the ginger and chop finely.
5. Place the pumpkin, ginger and garlic on the pan and fry until the pumpkin is soft (for around 10-12 minutes).
6. Season with salt and pepper.
7. Puree mixture in a blender or food processor with 2 cups (500ml) stock, then season.
8. Strain if preferred.
9. Heat the soup with 500ml of stock and heat up.
10. Serve in your pumpkin bowls and top with seeds and a drizzle of cream.
11. It is a nice idea to roast some of the pumpkin seeds with olive oil for topping off the soup dish.