The New Covent Garden Food Co Book of Soups<\/a><\/p>\n Pumpkin Soup Recipe<\/h2>\n(serves 6)<\/p>\n
25g (1oz) butter \n1 medium onion, finely chopped \n200g (7oz) potatoes, peeled and chopped \n900g (2lb) pumpkin, diced \n250g (9oz) carrots, diced \n1.2ltrs (2pints) vegetable stock \n150ml (1\/4pint) milk \ndemerara sugar to taste \nfinely grated nutmeg to taste \nsalt and freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n
Melt the butter in a saucepan then add the onion and cook gently for five minutes with the lid on. \u00a0Add the potato, 700g of the pumpkin, the carrots and the vegetable stock.\u00a0 Cover, bring to the boil then turn down and simmer gently for about 20 mins until the vegetables are tender.<\/p>\n
Cool a little, then pur\u00e9e in a liquidiser.\u00a0 Return to a clean saucepan and stir in the milk.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, boil some water with a little added salt and cook the remaining pumpkin for two minutes.\u00a0 Drain and add to the\u00a0soup.\u00a0 Add the sugar, nutmeg and seasoning to taste.\u00a0 Reheat gently.<\/p>\n
This makes a table talking centrepiece if you serve the soup in a hollowed out a pumpkin. For an added touch, line the base with some toasted baguette topped with grated Gruy\u00e8re cheese before adding the soup, and popping the lid back on.<\/p>\n
Have you any favourite pumpkin recipes?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don’t waste the pumpkin flesh next time you’re carving them out, try cooking it. Here’s two recipes to get you started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1798],"tags":[751,414,173,178],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Two Pumpkin Recipes - Soup and Rice<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n