Prep Time:10 mins
Understanding food allergies and intolerances
Pumpkin soup
Cooking Time:30 mins
Serves:8 Adults
Cost:Low
Want to get the most from your spooky pumpkin? How about use the insides to make this cheap, nutritious pumpkin soup. It is rich in Vitamin A and very tasty too!
Ingredients
- 1½kg / 3½lb of pumpkin, deseeded, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 litre / 2 pints of chicken or vegetable stock
- 240ml / 8½fl oz. of semi-skimmed milk
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 2 teaspoons of curry powder
Method
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot, add the onion and curry powder and fry until the onion is soft
- Add the broth and pumpkin to the pan and bring to the boil
- Add the milk, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes
- Check that the pumpkin is well cooked and blend until smooth
What you will need
- Chopping board
- Chopping knife
- Hand blender
- Measuring jug(for liquids)
- Saucepan
Serving suggestions
This soup looks great served in the hallowed out pumpkin with crusty wholemeal bread
"This low cost meal will feed up to 8 adults and contributes towards half of your 5 a day"
