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den opprinnelig oppskriften jeg fikk fra Jenny:
PUMPKIN SOUP
SERVES 6 prep 20 minutes, cook 25 minutes
Easy, if using vegetable stock
When pureed, pumpkin has to be one of the silkiest, vegetables going. This soup has a
beautiful flavour and texture.
4 tbsp olive oil
2 onions, finely chopped
1 kg/2lb 4oz pumpkin or squash (try kabocha) peeled, deseeded
and chopped into chunks
700 ml/1 1/4
pint vegetable or chicken stock
142 ml top double cream
4 slices Wholemeal seeded bread
handful pumpkin seeds from a packet
1 Heat half the
olive oil in a large saucepan, then gently cook the onions for 5 minutes until soft but not coloured. Add the
pumpkin or squash to the
pan, and then carry on cooking for 8-10 minutes, stirring
occasionally until
it starts to soften and turn golden.
2 Pour the stock into the pan,
then season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, and then simmer for 10 minutes until the squash is very soft.
Pour the cream into the pan; bring back to the boil, then
purée with a hand blender. For an
extra-velvety consistency you can now push the soup through
a fine sieve into another pan. The soup can now be
frozen for up
to 2 months.
3 While the soup
is cooking, slice the crusts from the bread, then cut the bread into
small croutons. Heat
the remaining olive oil in a frying pan, then fry the bread until it starts to become crisp. Add the seeds to the pan,
then cook for a few minutes more until they are
toasted. These can be made a day ahead and
stored in an airtight container. Reheat the soup if needed, taste for seasoning, then serve scattered
with croutons and seeds and drizzled with more olive oil, if you want.
Kabocha is a Japanese variety of winter squash.
The word kabocha has come to mean a general type of winter squash to
many English-speaking growers and buyers.
Kabocha is commonly called Japanese
pumpkin, especially in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia, and kabocha
squash in North America.
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