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Pumpkin Soup 2011
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Stephen_Leak
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Yes, it's that time of year again ...
PUMPKIN SOUP
At Halloween, this a great way of using up what you’ve scooped out of a pumpkin to make a lantern. Just after Halloween, this a great way of making use of any cheap leftover pumpkins. At other times of the year, this recipe also works with butternut squash.
Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
500g of pumpkin
1 clove of garlic
½ an onion
1½ tablespoons of oil
½ a tablespoon of lemon juice
½ a teaspoon of mixed herbs
1 vegetable stock cube
500ml of water
Ground pepper to taste
METHOD
Cut the pumpkin into quarters, remove the peel and seeds, and chop it into 2cm (1 inch) pieces. Peel the garlic and cut it into quarters. Peel the onion, cut it in half, chop one half into 2cm (1 inch) pieces and save the other half.
Put the oil into a saucepan on a medium heat. Fry the garlic and onions for about 2 minutes until the onion is soft but not coloured. Stir frequently to stop it sticking.
Add the pumpkin and continue to cook for another 3 minutes. Stir frequently to stop it sticking.
Add the herbs, lemon juice, stock cube and water. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat until it is just boiling (simmering). Put the lid on the saucepan and continue to cook for another 20 minutes until the pumpkin is soft.
If you have a food processor, put the soup in it and blend it to the desired consistency. If you have a hand blender, put it in the soup and blend it to the desired consistency. If you don’t have a food processor or hand blender, use a potato masher, press the soup through a sieve with the back of a spoon, or leave it lumpy. If you used a food processor, rinse out the saucepan and put the soup back into the saucepan.
Put the saucepan on a low heat and reheat the soup gently.
Season with the pepper.
ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES
Use butternut squash instead of pumpkin.
Add ¼ of a teaspoon of ground ginger, at the same time as the herbs and lemon juice.
Vampires should, of course, omit the garlic.
Garnish with either a swirl of either crème fraîche, fromage frais, natural yoghurt or single cream, or a sprinkle of chopped chives or parsley.
PUMPKIN SOUP
At Halloween, this a great way of using up what you’ve scooped out of a pumpkin to make a lantern. Just after Halloween, this a great way of making use of any cheap leftover pumpkins. At other times of the year, this recipe also works with butternut squash.
Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
500g of pumpkin
1 clove of garlic
½ an onion
1½ tablespoons of oil
½ a tablespoon of lemon juice
½ a teaspoon of mixed herbs
1 vegetable stock cube
500ml of water
Ground pepper to taste
METHOD
Cut the pumpkin into quarters, remove the peel and seeds, and chop it into 2cm (1 inch) pieces. Peel the garlic and cut it into quarters. Peel the onion, cut it in half, chop one half into 2cm (1 inch) pieces and save the other half.
Put the oil into a saucepan on a medium heat. Fry the garlic and onions for about 2 minutes until the onion is soft but not coloured. Stir frequently to stop it sticking.
Add the pumpkin and continue to cook for another 3 minutes. Stir frequently to stop it sticking.
Add the herbs, lemon juice, stock cube and water. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat until it is just boiling (simmering). Put the lid on the saucepan and continue to cook for another 20 minutes until the pumpkin is soft.
If you have a food processor, put the soup in it and blend it to the desired consistency. If you have a hand blender, put it in the soup and blend it to the desired consistency. If you don’t have a food processor or hand blender, use a potato masher, press the soup through a sieve with the back of a spoon, or leave it lumpy. If you used a food processor, rinse out the saucepan and put the soup back into the saucepan.
Put the saucepan on a low heat and reheat the soup gently.
Season with the pepper.
ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES
Use butternut squash instead of pumpkin.
Add ¼ of a teaspoon of ground ginger, at the same time as the herbs and lemon juice.
Vampires should, of course, omit the garlic.
Garnish with either a swirl of either crème fraîche, fromage frais, natural yoghurt or single cream, or a sprinkle of chopped chives or parsley.
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Hi Stephen,
Your post looks very much like a full quote from this page:- Making soup with a butternut squash? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers
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I made the other post on Yahoo! Answers. I could upload all my recipes to the 'net, and then just give a link, but I bet there'll be something wrong with that, too.The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life.0
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I Love pumpkin soup. :j This thread has a nice easy recipe in the first post. Mine is more a chuck it all in and see recipe so I won't give it here.
It does give better flavour if you roast the chuncks of pumpkin first. 0 -
I have never tried pumpkin soup...
but i think i will give it a go this year....
so thanks for the recipe..:TWork to live= not live to work0 -
Stephen_Leak wrote: »I made the other post on Yahoo! Answers. I could upload all my recipes to the 'net, and then just give a link, but I bet there'll be something wrong with that, too.
How can you call it 2011 soup when you invented it in 2009
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