Famous Pumpkin Soup

Name: Famous Pumpkin Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Ingredients: ¼ tsp ground or freshly grated nutmeg; 1 bay leaf; 285 ml single cream; 1.7 litres vegetable or chicken stock; 1.7 litres vegetable or chicken stock; 200 ml olive oil; 450 g carrots; 1 small onion; 1 medium pumpkin; 450 g potatoes

Preparation info

Serves:
12

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

For the Love of the Land

By Jenny Jefferies

Published 2020

About

Pumpkin picking in October is always an extremely popular event at the farm. With all the excitement of PYO pumpkins, people forget that it is a vegetable and they are delicious to eat! Our famous pumpkin soup is a favourite treat for many of our customers.

Ingredients

450 g potatoes
1 medium pumpkin
1 small onion

Soup
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
October

Method

Peel and dice the potatoes, pumpkin, onion and carrots.

Fry the diced potatoes, pumpkin flesh, onion and carrots in olive oil for a few minutes.

Add the stock and the bay leaf, then simmer for about 30 to 40 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.

Liquidise the soup to your preference then stir in the cream and nutmeg.

Serve in bowls with fresh bread on the sid