Directions

Basic pumpkin soup recipe

1. Chop the onions finely and sweat them in a saucepan in olive oil. Remove the seeds from the pumpkin and cut the pumpkin into cubes. Add the pumpkin to the onions and continue to sweat the mixture.
2. Peel the potatoes, cut them into cubes and add to the saucepan. Wait a few minutes.
3. Add the vegetable stock, cover and simmer for around half an hour.
4. Puree all the ingredients using a handheld blender. Stir in some crème fraîche to flavour. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Serve the soup on plates and garnish with pumpkin seed oil and pumpkin seeds.

The exotic version: pumpkin soup with coconut milk

Spicy pumpkin soup with chili and coconut milk

  • Sweat the onions with: a piece of ginger, 2 teaspoons of curry paste
  • Puree and add: 500 ml coconut milk (instead of crème fraîche), soya sauce
  • To season and decorate: lemon juice, finely chopped chilli

The fruity version: pumpkin soup with apples and pears

Recipe for a fruity pumpkin soup with apples

  • Sweat the pieces of pumpkin (without onions) with: 2 pears and 2 apples (chopped into small pieces)
  • Puree and add: apple juice
  • To season and decorate: 1 teaspoon maple syrup and some dried cranberries