ALWAYS make pumpkin soup with the smaller, non carving variety! I had stocked up on some honey crisp apples (for pies) and some sugar pie pumpkins and butternut squash for soups from www.indiangardenfarms.net
The pumpkin soup I made today nearly stopped me following through with our thanksgiving meal it was so delicious..
PS: Pumpkin soup WW2 Canada and USA.
Wartime Pumpkin Soup
- 2lbs pumpkin
- 1 onion
- 1 oz margarine
- salt and pepper
- milk
- 1 litre of vegetable stock
Method
Cut open pumpkin and scoop out seeds and stringy insides
Slice and chop into medium/large chunks
Place on baking tray and dot butter or marg over the top (if you had garlic in your cupboard you can add 1 or 2 whole cloves to roast on tray too)
Roast for 45 minutes or so, turning over once or twice (oven moderate/hot about 22o c )
Meanwhile chop onion, place 1 oz margarine into large saucepan and cook onions gently until soft
When pumpkin has roasted remove skin and place pumpkin pieces into saucepan (and cloves of garlic if available)
Add vegetable stock
Bring to a simmer and continue cooking for about 20 minutes stirring occasionally
Place all the contents of saucepan into a liquidizer (or rub through a sieve like they did in the old days!) and pulse until a thick puree is achieved
Put puree back into saucepan, add lots of salt and pepper to taste and reheat adding milk to achieve desired consistancy
(if you are wanting to store soup then put it into containers straight from the liquidizer. Just add seasoning and milk when you come to use it)
Makes about 8 bowls
Yum! that soup sounds really good!
Thanks and unfortunately I went to your blog and dribbled all over my computer- a flurry of delicious recipes hit me..
Pity your blog isn’t scratch and sniff!!!
C xx
I’ve been meaning to visit your blog and didn’t until today. Funny how I’ve been planning on making pumpkin soup!
Yeah, i also like pumpkin soup made with butternut squash. AND I allways, allways, allways put curry in it and only a little bit of fat (mostly using about 10 to 15 g cream cheese). Yummy.
Take care
B. from Berlin 42
Yes curry would complement the soup! Thank you
PS: nice photo presentation!!!
very good yum yum
proper yokshire style
Looks great. There’s a very nice French version which adds milk and rice – that’s fabulous but you must not add garlic to it. (I love garlic but garlic, pumpkin and milk is not a happy or successful combination). Congrats on your blog, it’s exceptional!
I’ve been reading your blog and trying out some recipes myself, I now make my own bread from your recipe! I made this soup today and used garlic, I think I may have over done it with the garlic as all I could taste was onion and garlic lol but it was still yummy ☺️
Even easier than using a blender/liquidiser, use a stick blender to blend it right in the pan – just be careful of hot soup splashing out!
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