This is THE pumpkin soup recipe you will make now and forever!
Dont forgetcrusty breadfor dunking!
(Or up the ante with crustycheese bread).
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This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbookDinner!
The secret ingredients to make pumpkin soup tastier is onion and garlic!
Stock/broth and water for a tastier pumpkin soup, dont skip the broth!
Milk, cream or half and halfstirred through at the end.
Heres my view on cream.
Does it make it better?
Yes, insofar as adding richness to the soup.
You do NOT need cream to make the soup thicker.
All the thickness comes from the pumpkin itself.I usually make Pumpkin Soup with milk instead.
If you dont have cream but want extra richness in your soup,just add a touch of butter!
Do you have to peel pumpkin for soup?
Yes, you do.
The skin is too tough and wont puree properly so youll end up with hard bits in the soup.
DO NOT use Halloween carving pumpkin used to make Jack-O-Laterns.
While they are edible, they are not that tasty!
US:sugar pumpkin or butternut squash.
Thesecret ingredients are the garlic and onion.
It makes all the difference to add extra savouriness!
Cook for 2 minutes until really fragrant, then proceed with recipe ie add liquids and pumpkin etc.
Then instead of using cream, use coconut cream.
Ginger saute 1 tbsp finely chopped ginger in 1/2 tbsp oil or butter, then proceed with recipe.
Lightly Spiced stir in 1/2 tsp each cumin, coriander and smoked paprika.
If your soup is too thick, just loosen it with a touch of water when reheating.
If its too thin (unlikely, but could happen!
), then just simmer on the stove for a while to let it reduce this will thicken it.
Soup Dunkers
A soup this thick and creamy demands bread for dunking!
Try one of these:
4 steps.
A bit of chopping, plonk it all in a pot, blitz, season then serve.
Athick and creamy pumpkin soupthats full of flavour.
Sweet pumpkin flavour, savouriness from the broth, garlic and onion.
Youll be mopping up every last bit of this with your bread!!
Nagi x
Watch how to make it
This recipe features in mydebut cookbook Dinner.
The book is mostly new recipes, but this is a reader favourite included by popular demand!
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