Creamy pumpkin soup with ginger and chilli honey
- Source Vegetarian tagines & couscous
- 3 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 onion
(chopped)
- 50 Gram ginger
(chopped)
- 2 Teaspoon coriander seeds
- 2 Teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 KiloGram pumpkin
(peeled, deseeded, roughly chopped)
- 1 Litre vegetable stock
- 150 Mililitre cream
- 2-3 Tablespoon honey (runny)
- 1-2 Teaspoon dried red chilli
(finely chopped)
- Heat olive oil and butter in saucepan, stir in onion, ginger, coriander seeds and fennel seeds then sauté for 2-3 minutes
- add pumpkin, stir to coat then pour in vegetable stock. bring to boil then cover and simmer for 25 minutes until pumpkin is very tender
- purée with a stick blender
- simmer
- season well with salt and pepper, then stir in cream
- Heat the honey (runny) in a small pan and stir in the chopped dried red chilli
- Stir honey/chilli mix through
I don't even really like pumpkin, and this is my favorite dish!