Healthy Pumpkin Soup

This is a classic, easy pumpkin soup made with fresh pumpkin that is very fast to make. Thick, creamy and full of flavour, this is THE pumpkin soup recipe you will make now and forever! Don’t forget my easiest no kneading bread for dunking! (Bonus: pumpkin soup is super healthy with just 189 calories per serving!)

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Ingredients​

  • 1.2 kg pumpkin (any type) I use butternut , unpeeled weight
  • 1 onion, sliced (white, brown, yellow)
  • 2 garlic cloves crushes or 2 teaspoon jar garlic
  • 3 cups (750ml) vegetable or chicken stock low sodium
  • 1 cup (250 ml) water
  • Salt and pepper to taste

FINISHES:​

  • 1/2 – 3/4 cup (125 – 185 ml) cream , half and half or milk (Note 2)

Instructions​

  • Cut the pumpkin into 3cm / 1.1" slices. Cut the skin off and scrape seeds out Cut into 4cm / 1.5" chunks.
  • Place the pumpkin, onion, garlic, broth and water in a pot – liquid won't quite cover all the pumpkin. Bring to a boil, uncovered, then reduce heat and let simmer rapidly until pumpkin is tender (check with butter knife) – about 10 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and use a stick blender to blend until smooth (Note 3 for blender).
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper, stir through cream (never boil soup after adding cream, cream will split).
  • Ladle soup into bowls, drizzle over a bit of cream, sprinkle with pepper and parsley if desired. Serve with crusty bread!
  • I serve with my easy no knead bread which I added this recipe awhile ago

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Recipe Notes:​

1. Pumpkin –1.2kg pumpkin before peeling and removing seeds. Approximate is fine , give or take

Butternut Pumkinis ideal for this recipe but you can use any other pumpkin

To make this with canned pumpkin puree, you will need 2 cans. Add it in place of the fresh pumpkin and follow recipe as is.

2. Cream – cream will add a layer of richness to the mouthfeel. But it is truly still delicious even made without – I often make it with just milk. To add a rich finish.

3. Pureeing –you can use a blender BUT you must make sure that the soup is cooled slightly before blending it, otherwise you will find out the hard way that hot soup + blender = soup explosion (literally, the lid will blow off the blender when you start blending it) unless it's like the kitchen whizz

4. Nutrition per serving, assuming 4 servings and made with cream.
 
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@Suzanne rose ....can you please explain first instruction step please ....
  • Cut the pumpkin into 3cm / 2.25" slices. Cut the skin off and scrape seeds out Cut into 4cm / 1.5" chunks.
3cm doesnt equal 2.25 inches / skin and deseed and discard these? / cut into 4cm is this an accidental repeat of first part of cutting into 3cm cubes? Sorry, not being a smartass, just incase I'm reading it wrong?
 
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@Suzanne rose ....can you please explain first instruction step please ....
  • Cut the pumpkin into 3cm / 2.25" slices. Cut the skin off and scrape seeds out Cut into 4cm / 1.5" chunks.
3cm doesnt equal 2.25 inches / skin and deseed and discard these? / cut into 4cm is this an accidental repeat of first part of cutting into 3cm cubes? Sorry, not being a smartass, just incase I'm reading it wrong?
So you have the whole pumpkin then slice it into roughly 3 cm thick slices.

Then cut the skin off other words peel the pumkin and remove any seeds

Then cut into 4cm chunks or cubes.

So it's cutting large pieces of pumpkin 3 cm thick then cutting into 4 cm cubes

There was no repeating it was correct
 
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