…and the love of easy to prepare dishes, I’ll give you my super quick and easy Pumkin Soup recipe!
Ingredients:
-a large piece of beautiful fresh orange pumpkin, cut in chunks
-a big sweet potato – or a couple of smaller ones, again cut in chunks
-a few carrots in small pieces
-2 chopped celery stalks
-1 chopped onion
-2 cloves of garlic
-1 teaspoon of ground cumin
-1 teaspoon of mild paprika
-1 dried chili pepper
-1 liter of prefab supermarket vegetable stock
-fresh coriander
-and – if you’re into dairy – a generous blob of creme fraiche.
Take a soup pan and throw in a dash of olive oil. Sauté the spices, along with the onion on a medium fire, until the onion looks glassy. Add garlic, chopped carrot and celery and leave it for about 5 minutes, stirring every once in a while, until you can smell all the flavors.
Then add the chunks of pumpkin and sweet potato. Stir so everything is covered with spicy oil and sauteéd veggies. Empty the pack of vegetable stock in the pan and bring to boil. Once boiling, temper the heat and let the soup simmer for about 10 minutes. Taste. I find I don’t need to add extra salt because the stock I use is already salty, but maybe you will want to use salt if your stock doesn’t contain it.
When ready to serve, fill some nice big bowls with soup, drop a generous blob of creme fraiche in each bowl if you’re not on a calorie restriction program, and sprinkle with fresh coriander leaves. Delicious with crusty wholemeal bread. Get ready for a heartwarming autumnal experience…!
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