Recipe: Pumpkin Soup

Name: Potage de Potimarron
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 portions
Ingredients: 1 potimarron d'1 kg environ1 poireau4 pommes de terre moyennes2 oignons3 gousses d'ail2 carottessel, poivre et râpure de muscade2 tranches de pain mi-blanc

By JHR ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6/5 (5 reviews) Starters

Prep 5 min

Cook 45 min

Total 50 min

Servings 6 serv.

Ingredients for 6 servings

1 pumpkin weighing approximately 1 kg
1 leek
4 medium potatoes
2 onions
3 cloves of garlic
2 carrots
salt, pepper and nutmeg
2 slices of semi-white bread

Step-by-step directions

1- Cut the pumpkin into quarters, peel and remove the seeds. Cut the quarters into small cubes.

2- Mince the onions and garlic cloves.

3- Cut the leek in half lengthwise. Wash the leek and cut it into slices 5 to 8mm wide.

4- Cut the carrots into small cubes.

5- Peel and cut the potatoes the same way.

6- In a saucepan, sweat the onions in butter. Add the pumpkin, leek, potatoes, garlic, and carrots quarters, let them sweat covered for five minutes, then cover with water. Bring to a boil and simmer (approximately 45 minutes) until the vegetables are tender.

7- Blend with a mixer. Season to taste.
Toast small cubes of bread. Serve the soup and garnish with croutons.
Tips: you can also garnish it with grated gruyere and parsley.

Chef Patrick's Comment

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