Pumpkin soup

Name: Pumpkin soup
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 larges butternut squash; 300 grams 11 ounces chestnuts; 2 litres About 2 3/4 pints chicken stock; 2 Tbsps coriander seeds; 2 dried chillies; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 9 servings A few glugs olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 10 slices pancetta, cut into 1/2-inch (1 centimetre) pieces; 1 bunch A fresh sage; 4 Tbsps sour cream

Need a gluten free and primal soup? Pumpkin soup could be a great recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains about 11g of protein, 64g of fat, and a total of 926 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 39% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is perfect for Autumn. A mixture of butternut squash, chestnuts, a sage, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. (200 degrees C/Gas

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Cut the squash in half and remove the seeds, reserving these for later. Using your pestle and mortar, bash up the coriander and chilli nice and fine and sprinkle over the squash.

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Coriander

Chili Pepper

Squash

Seeds

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Drizzle with a little oil and roast in a hot oven until nice and soft.

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Cooking Oil

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Heat a little oil in a large pan and fry the pancetta with half the sage leaves.

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Sage

Pancetta

Cooking Oil

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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.

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Chestnuts

Squash

Onion

Stock

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Remove half the mixture and blend until smooth, then pour back into the pan.

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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.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil