Shallot and Pumpkin Soup
- Serves:
- 4
- Ready in:
- 30 to 60 mins
Ingredients
- 4 red peppers, deseeded and quartered
- 30g butter
- 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 6 shallots, diced
- 750g pumpkin, peeled and diced
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves
- crushed leaves of one sprig of thyme
- 1.2 lt good vegetable stock
- 100ml double cream (optional)
To serve
- 2 tsp chives, finely chopped
- 30g pumpkin seeds, toasted
- 120ml low-fat crème fraîche
Method
- 1
Preheat oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Roast peppers in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until the skins are charred. Remove from oven and place in a bowl. Cover with clingfilm. Once cool, peel off the skins, and reserve the flesh.
- 2
Meanwhile, melt the butter with oil in a large saucepan. Add the shallots, pumpkin and red chilli, season with salt and pepper and sweat the veg for 5-10 mins. Add the garlic and thyme and cook on a low heat for a further minute. Pour in the stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 mins. Add in the peppers and cook for five mins.
- 3
Blend the soup and adjust the seasoning. Return to the pan. If a little thick add more stock and, if you wish, stir in the cream. Gently reheat and ladle into bowls. Top with crème fraîche, chives and toasted pumpkin seeds.
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- 4 red peppers, deseeded and quartered
- 30g butter
- 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 6 shallots, diced
- 750g pumpkin, peeled and diced
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves
- crushed leaves of one sprig of thyme
- 1.2 lt good vegetable stock
- 100ml double cream (optional)
To serve
- 2 tsp chives, finely chopped
- 30g pumpkin seeds, toasted
- 120ml low-fat crème fraîche
- 1
Preheat oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Roast peppers in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until the skins are charred. Remove from oven and place in a bowl. Cover with clingfilm. Once cool, peel off the skins, and reserve the flesh.
- 2
Meanwhile, melt the butter with oil in a large saucepan. Add the shallots, pumpkin and red chilli, season with salt and pepper and sweat the veg for 5-10 mins. Add the garlic and thyme and cook on a low heat for a further minute. Pour in the stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 mins. Add in the peppers and cook for five mins.
- 3
Blend the soup and adjust the seasoning. Return to the pan. If a little thick add more stock and, if you wish, stir in the cream. Gently reheat and ladle into bowls. Top with crème fraîche, chives and toasted pumpkin seeds.
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