Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, roasted pumpkin soup. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Roasted Pumpkin Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Roasted Pumpkin Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook roasted pumpkin soup using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Roasted Pumpkin Soup:
- Make ready 1 pumpkin or butternut squash (about 1.5kg) cut into chunks and deseeded
- Prepare 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Take 2 onions, chopped
- Take 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Make ready 3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
- Get 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- Take 400 g can of tomatoes
- Get 1 litre chicken or vegetable stock
- Get handful sweetcorn, fresh, frozen or tinned
- Make ready sea salt and black pepper
- Take To garnish:
- Get tortilla chips, crushed
- Take mature Cheddar cheese
- Make ready 1 ripe avocado, peeled, diced and tossed with lime or lemon juice
- Prepare fresh coriander or parsley
Rub the insides of the pumpkins with olive oil, salt and pepper. Thai pumpkin soup Add a touch of lemongrass, ginger, chilli and creamy coconut milk for a Thai twist on the traditional pumpkin soup. The coconut milk adds a thick, smooth texture and the warming spices are perfect for cool winter evenings. For an extra decadent flourish, add a dollop of soured cream on top.
Steps to make Roasted Pumpkin Soup:
- Place the slices of deseeded pumpkin in a large roasting tray, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place in a preheated oven 180°/Gas 4 and roast for about 40 minutes until the flesh is soft and slightly caramelized.
- Meanwhile heat the rest of the olive oil in a large pan, add the onions and cook for 20 minutes, until tender. Stir in the paprika, garlic and chilli and cook for 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes and stock. Simmer for 15 minutes or until the onions are completely soft.
- When the pumpkin is cool enough to handle, remove the skin and chop the flesh into chunks. You can retain the skin if you wish, if it's as tender as the flesh.
- Add the pumpkin to the soup, and blitz with a hand held blender or in a food processor. Check for seasoning. Add the sweetcorn and bring back to a slow simmer.
- Now prepare the garnish. Chop the avocado and squeeze the lemon over the top, grate the cheese and mix it with crushed tortilla chips. Chop the parsley. Ladle the soup into bowls and sprinkle over the toppings.
The coconut milk adds a thick, smooth texture and the warming spices are perfect for cool winter evenings. For an extra decadent flourish, add a dollop of soured cream on top. The flavours of the pumpkin and onion will intensify as you roast them … just think of when you make a roast and you have deliciously soft and creamy roasted pumpkin on the side (this is the flavour your soup will have!!!). The sea salt, pepper and olive oil will make your baked pumpkin and onion so soft and full of flavour. How to make pumpkin soup Peel and cut pumpkins into smaller sizes, spray with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
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