Pumpkin soup – so easy and quick to prepare

What is pumpkin soup?

Pumpkin soup is a filling, pureed vegetable soup with pumpkin as the main ingredient, which is particularly popular in autumn.

Pumpkin soup is:

• A great fall dish.
• Particularly recommended because it is very tasty and creamy.
• Easy to prepare. You can also do it as a beginner cook.
• Inexpensive because it consists of a few simple ingredients.
• Every pumpkin fan will enjoy it.
• A complete meal or a sophisticated appetizer.
• It is easy to prepare and can also be prepared in larger quantities for parties and celebrations.

Which pumpkin do you use for the soup?

I recommend one for the soup Hokkaido or Bnutnut Pumpkin.

The pumpkins that you can buy for hollowing out and carving are not recommended.

By the way, pumpkin is very low in calories. 100 grams only have around 25 kcal and contain less than 1 gram of fat and only 5 g of carbohydrates.

Tips for preparation

As with any vegetable soup, you should first sauté the onions and garlic in a little butter or oil (olive oil) and only then add the pumpkin and the broth.

If you like, you can deglaze the sautéed onions with a little white wine.

For one vegetarian and vegan pumpkin soupyou replace the butter with oil (e.g. olive oil), use vegetable broth and avoid the cream or milk.

A splash of lemon juice or vinegar rounds off the taste of the finished soup.

Can you prepare and save the dish?

The soup will keep in the fridge for about 4 days.

Over time, the soup will thicken further, so you may need to add a little water or vegetable stock to it when heating it to make it thinner again.

You can also prepare larger quantities of pumpkin soup and store it in the refrigerator.

Leftover soup also freezes very well and will keep in the freezer for 3 to 4 months.

Variations of the dish

In addition to the very simple pumpkin soup, you can always create a new and exciting taste experience by adding the following ingredients:

• Coconut milk
• potatoes
• Carrots
• Ginger
• curry
• Vinegar
• Rendered bacon strips to garnish the soup.

What ingredients do you need for pumpkin soup?

• Approx. 1 kg pumpkin (Hokkaido or butternut)
• 1 onion, medium-sized
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 800 ml vegetable broth (or chicken broth, beef broth)
• 150 ml cream (or milk)
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper to taste
• 20g butter

Optional, to refine:

• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 150 ml coconut milk
• 1 tbsp curry
• 1 -2 tsp pumpkin seed oil

A notice: You can find the exact quantities and step-by-step instructions below Recipe cardwhich you can also print out or save as a PDF file.

How to make pumpkin soup

Preparations:

The pumpkin Quarter, then core and peel.

Tip: The pumpkin seeds are too good to throw away. You can rinse them under cold water to remove the pulp and roast them briefly in the oven. You now have a delicious snack that also goes well with pumpkin soup ????

Cut the pumpkin pieces into cubes.

The Onion Peel and roughly dice

The Garlic cloves peel and chop roughly.

Preparation:

butter Melt in a large pot.

Then Onions and the Garlic Sauté briefly in it.

After that the Pumpkin pieces add and with the Vegetable broth pour on.

Now be careful with it Salt and black pepper Spice up.

Bring to the boil once and then at medium temperature 10 to 15 minutes let simmer for a long time or until until the pumpkin pieces are soft.

The soup with one Blender or puree in a blender.

Then cream add and repeat again Salt and black pepper season to taste.

Arranging and serving:

Pour the soup into soup bowls and add as desired Parsley or cream Garnish and serve immediately.

Baguette or cheese-garlic bread goes well with this.

Bon appetit!

A notice: You can find the exact quantities and step-by-step instructions below Recipe cardwhich you can also print out or save as a PDF file.

Those specified Preparation times are, by the way, an average. It’s completely normal if things go a little faster or take a little longer because some people get the preparations done quicker than others.

So, now I wish you a lot of fun cooking and a very good appetite!

If you liked my quick recipe for pumpkin soup, you might also like my recipe for great cream of broccoli soup or cauliflower soup ????

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