Now Halloween is over it seems a waste to discard the pumpkin completely! Why not try this lovely soup… with smokey croutons to get the whole family in the mood for Bonfire Night!

Ingredients
Serves: 6 

Soup…

  • 750g pumpkin, peeled, seeded and cubed
  • 2 carrots, coarsely chopped
  • 2 onions, cut into wedges
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 large potato, sliced
  • 1 litre water
  • Just Rapeseed Oil to fry the vegetables
  • 2 or 3 cubes chicken stock, crumbled
  • 250ml double cream
  • 1 1/4 tablespoons ground nutmeg, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • salt to taste
Croutons…
For the croutons, use white bread diced and fry in a large pan with Just Oak Smoked Oil to add that smokey flavour!
Method
Preparation time: 10 minutes… Cooking time: 30 minutes….

  1. Preheat oven to 220 C / Gas 7.
  2. Place pumpkin, carrots and onions in a baking dish or roasting tin. Drizzle with vegetable oil.
  3. Bake in preheated oven 40 minutes, until soft but not blackened.
  4. In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring water and crumbled stock cubes to the boil. Cook potato in simmering water until soft, about 20 minutes.
  5. Combine potato and water with roasted vegetables and puree in a liquidiser or food processor until smooth. Return to pan over low heat and stir in cream, nutmeg, pepper and salt. Heat gently; serve.