pumpkin soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 brown onion coarsely chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1.2 kg butternut pumpkin peeled, seeded, coarsely chopped
- 1 L chicken stock or vegetable stock 4 cups
- Dollop of natural yoghurt
- 1 garlic clove
- 4 slices Turkish bread to serve
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil to drizzle on bread
- 1 teaspoon dukkah to sprinkle
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook onion, stirring, for 5 minutes or until golden.
- Add cumin and cook, stirring for 1 minute or until aromatic.
- Simmer the soup: Add pumpkin and stir to coat.
- Add stock.
- Simmer for 20 minutes or until the pumpkin is soft.
- Set aside to cool slightly.
- Use a stick blender to blend until smooth.
- Ladle soup among serving bowls.
- Top with a dollop of natural yoghurt.
- Sprinkle with dukkah.
- Serve with the bread.