Pumpkin Feast - Pumpkin Soup

Pumpkin soup is such a classic and delicious soup that I just cannot but put on my blog! So to continue with the pumpkin feast, below is my pumpkin soup recipe. 

As I suggested in the post before, I’ve always made pumpkin soup with butternut squash instead of the “classic” Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin that is used for Halloween. Probably because it is more common in the shops and it's easier to carry home from the supermarket :). But since we bought it for our Halloween decorations, I wanted to see the difference of the taste of the soup when made with this type of pumpkin. And despite some comments I have read (not so flavoursome, too watery, not sweet enough, etc.), it was very tasty and delicious! Quite different from butternut squash soup but equally tasty indeed. I like my autumn/wintery soups to be warming and have a little nice kick so I made this one with a bit of chilli & garlic and crispy sage and roasted seeds on the top. Enjoy!

Pumpkin soup with chilli and sage: (serves 4) 

Flesh from ½ mid-sized Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin

5 mid potatoes

1tsp dried chilli

1 white onion, finely chopped

1 clove of garlic + 1 for extra garlic oil, pressed in garlic press

2 leaves of sage + some more extra for frying

Olive oil

Handful of pumpkin seeds

1. Cut the pumpkin into a half and save the other half for some other use. Remove the seeds and the skin and cut it into cubes.

2. Prepare the potatoes by peeling the skin off and cutting them into cubes as well.

3. Heat a nice splash of oil in your pot, add  the onion and allow to soften for 5 minutes. Add the pressed garlic and the chilli and fry for 1 minute.

4. Add the cubed pumpkin and cubed potatoes and sweat for about a minute or two.

5. Add hot water into the pot enough to cover the ingredients, season well with salt and pepper and allow to cook for about 15 minutes.

6. Add your sage leaves and cook for another 5 minutes or until the pumpkin and potatoes are cooked.

7. Blend the soup with your blender.

Tips:

I like to serve my soup with a few drops of chilli-garlic oil and fried sage leaves.

Some other tips for pumpkin dishes that I would recommend would be pumpkin risotto, pasta with creamy pumpkin sauce, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread or pumpkin curry. But I am sure I will write about some of these in the future. :)

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