Pumpkin Soup recipe needed

[Mrs. Tweedie]

Would you care to share your recipes? On the introduce yourself thread everyone was talking about pumpkin soup & it sounded so good!! Need your recipes.
Thanks

[ina]

I don't have an exact recipe, but I can tell you roughly what I put in (depending on what's in the house):

Chop onion, sweat off in olive oil or butter. Add roughly chopped pumpkin; if you like it a bit more "substantial", add some chopped potatoes, too (but always more pumpkin than anything else!). Just cover with water, add some veggie boullion (or chicken stock, for the non-veggies). When cooked, whizz through with a blender or mixer, add more water or milk if too thick, season with pepper/nutmeg/curry/ginger or whatever else takes your fancy. It's particularly nice with a bit of cream or creme fraiche, and fresh parsley, chives or coriander. If you use stock, you shouldn't need any extra salt.

Oh yes, you can make it garlicky, of course. Or serve it with garlic bread, or nice crispy croutons (good for using up stale bread), or roasted pumpkin seeds, if you want to make it look like in a four-star restaurant...

I find it's one of the most versatile soups around! Just hope my pumpkins get a bit larger than last year - I had quite a few golfball sized miniatures!

Ina

[Mrs. Tweedie]

Thanks Ina for the recipe it sounds delicious. Will give it a whirl when the pumpkins are ready.

[Magpie]

Yes that's pretty much the recipe I use, too. I also like it with half sweet potato, half pumpkin, and some of the stock replaced with orange juice.

[diver]

thanks for the recipe, I came on this section to ask for a recipe for pumpkin soup!!

[Millymollymandy]

Don't forget, you can freeze pumpkin puree for making pumpkin pies!

I make my puree by just boiling chunks of pumpkin until they are soft, drain, mash up and then strain through muslin to get most of the water out.