Dads Homemade Pumpkin Soup Recipes

PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. (200 degrees C/Gas 6)
• Cut the squash in half and remove the seeds, reserving these for later. Using your pestle and mortar, bash up the coriander and chili, nice and fine, and sprinkle over the squash. Drizzle with a little oil and roast in a hot oven until nice and soft.
• Heat a little oil in a large pan and fry the pancetta with half the sage leaves. Add the chestnuts and the onion and fry gently for about 15 minutes. By this time the squash will be ready, so spoon it out into the pan, leaving the skin behind. Cover with the stock and bring to the boil. Remove half the mixture and blend until smooth, then pour back into the pan.
• Take the rest of the sage leaves and the reserved squash seeds and fry them in a little oil until crisp. To serve, spoon a little sour cream on top of the soup, sprinkle with a little of the crisp sage and seeds, and finish with a good drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.

PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat stock, salt, pumpkin, onion, thyme, garlic, and peppercorns. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes uncovered.
• Puree the soup in small batches (1 cup at a time) using a food processor or blender.
• Return to pan, and bring to a boil again. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for another 30 minutes, uncovered. Stir in heavy cream. Pour into soup bowls and garnish with fresh parsley.

PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a pot and cook for 30 minutes on medium heat.

DAD'S SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, cook ground beef with onion until meat is brown. Drain. Return meat mixture to pan with tomato paste, tomato soup and water. Cook, stirring, until heated through and thickened, 5 to 15 minutes. Serve over cooked pasta.

PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan, then gently cook 2 finely chopped onions for 5 mins, until soft but not coloured.
• Add 1kg pumpkin or squash, cut into chunks, to the pan, then carry on cooking for 8-10 mins, stirring occasionally until it starts to soften and turn golden.
• Pour 700ml vegetable or chicken stock into the pan and season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 mins until the squash is very soft.
• Pour 150ml double cream into the pan, bring back to the boil, then purée with a hand blender. For an extra-velvety consistency you can pour the soup through a fine sieve. The soup can now be frozen for up to 2 months.
• To make the croutons: cut 4 slices wholemeal seeded bread into small squares.
• Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan, then fry the bread until it starts to become crisp.
• Add a handful of pumpkin seeds to the pan, then cook for a few mins 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.

CURRIED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and add mushrooms, and onions. Cook until tender.
• Add flour and curry.
• Gradually add the chicken broth.
• Cook and stir constantly over medium heat until thickens.
• Add everything else, but the milk. (For a thinner soup reduce the amount of canned pumpkin).
• Simmer 10 minutes.
• Add the milk and stir until hot.

PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the pumpkin halves into 4 to 6 wedges each and remove the rind. Chop pumpkin flesh into chunks about 3/4 inch thick.
• In a deep soup pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat and cook the potatoes, leeks and pumpkin for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add chicken stock and water to the pot, cover, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour or until pumpkin chunks are soft.
• Add the soup to the bowl of an electric blender or food mill, a little at a time, and puree well. When all the soup is pureed, return it to the soup pot over medium heat. Salt and pepper to taste. Add cream and stir. Add grated nutmeg to taste, stir and serve. (For a dramatic note, the soup can be served in a well-cleaned pumpkin that has been warmed in the oven.)