PUMPKIN EXPERIMENTS : PART II

So we found a recipe for 'Tuscan Pumpkin Soup' online and thought at first that would be a nice recipe to use the pumpkin in. After further consideration it appeared to be no more than chicken stock cubes, a few beans and some pumpkin and didn't appear to be appetizing in any way nor even remotely Tuscan so we opted to make up our own soup with what we had to hand.

This is what we ended up with:

1 large red onion, roughly chopped

1 huge carrot, scrubbed but not peeled, chopped

1 medium sweet potato, peeled and chopped

1 pumpkin, roasted and then skinned

some leftover cubed uncooked potato

2 good chicken stock cubes

4 cans soaked and boiled soya beans

4ltrs water

sprigs of thyme and rosemary

Salt and pepper

Basically we threw everything in a huge pot (and this makes lots, we have plenty of leftovers in the freezer), bring to the boil and then simmer for 2 hours. Blend and serve with a quinelle of 1% crème fraîche and a sprig of parsley (if you're playing at being a TV chef like we were!)

Verdict: It was nice, very thick and warming but I don't think we'll be rushing out to buy another pumpkin again anytime soon, we'll stick to butternut squash!