I do love it when friends visit. I love it even more when they come bearing gifts! A friend just dropped a pumpkin in to me and in this chilly weather, all I could think of was soup!
[ SERVES: 6 | TIME: 40 MINUTES | COST: $3 ]
[ JOES' RATING: 4 / 5 | MY RATING: 4 / 5 ]
Ingredients
1 litre vegetable stock
3 cups diced pumpkin
2 cups diced potato
1 onion
½ - 1 teaspoon paprika
½ - 1 teaspoon ground cummin
½ - 1 teaspoon ground coriander
salt and cayenne pepper to taste
Method
- Cut the pumpkin and potato into bite size chunks. Dice the onion finely.
- In a large pot, saute the onion with the garlic until translucent and fragrant.
- Add the potato, pumpkin and spices to the pot and stir well to coat. Cover with stock and cook until tender.
- Using a blender, stick mixer or a masher, pure the soup. If it is too thick, add a little more stock as required.
- Season and serve hot with freshly grated parsley as garnish.
Observations
- I have to admit that I am not a fan of boring pumpkin soup but this addition of spices really jazzed it up for my taste buds.
- I have left a large variation for the spice usage depending on your tastes. Use your own discretion.
- Diabetic Note: I used potatoes in this dish to introduce some carbohydrate content. If you would rather, cut back on the potatoes and have it with some hot crusty bread.
- Ethical Note: This pumpkin was growing wild from my friends compost pile. Using backyard compost is better for your soils compositions and is a wonderful nutrient source for your own gardens. Ornamental gardens are nice, but consider a ground cover vegetable like pumpkin as a wonderful feature for your yard!
- Note to self: I must remember to wipe down the bowl before I take photos. Excuse my messy photos! =s
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Three Well Beings
June 9, 2012 at 4:01 pm
This sounds just wonderful! I notice that you often use pumpkin and I really like that! I love pumpkin, and for some reason I rarely think of it and don’t cook with it. Your recipes have really inspired me to be a bit bolder in its use. It’s so nutritionally rich!
Debra
Rhianna
June 10, 2012 at 3:08 pm
they are so simple to use and add a delicious rich sweetness to just about any dish. I *love* butternut pumpkins the most, but Ill eat any. (I think Americans call butternet pumpkins squash pumpkins for reference.)
narf77
June 15, 2012 at 9:46 pm
I love pumpkin! This is going to be a weekend meal for sure this weekend. Cheers for that Rhianna
Rhianna
June 15, 2012 at 10:11 pm
I bump the spices up alittle for us personally cause I love it spicy. this is the standard *softer* version