My Famous Smoked Pumpkin Soup Recipe

This recipe always pleases the soup lovers and it's so easy and delicious! Nothing better than a nice bowl of soup to counter the cold winters night.
Ingredients;
- 3.5kg Whole Kent Pumpkin
- 2Tbsp Salt
- 2Tbsp Pepper
- 1 Medium Onion diced
- 5 Cloves of Garlic Crushed
- 500ml Beef Stock
- 500ml Full Cream Milk
- 1/2Tsp Grounded Nutmeg
- Cream for Garnish
- Parsley for Garnish
Method;
1. Cut a lid out of the pumpkin and remove the seeds with a spoon.
2. Cut a smaller hole on the bottom of the pumpkin for drainage of any liquid.
3. Generously season inside the pumpkin with salt and pepper.
4. Smoke pumpkin at 175c/350f for 2 hours or until very tender and slightly dried out. Remove and set aside when ready.
5. In a pan, add enough oil to coat the surface. Add onion and fry until soft.
6. Season with salt and pepper, then add your garlic and fry until fragrant and produces some colour.
7. Add beef stock and reduce until half the original volume. Set aside.
8. Remove skin off the pumpkin and scoop the flesh into a stock pot.
9. Pour in your beef stock content into the stock pot.
10. Blend pumpkin until smooth while gradually adding in the milk.
11. Add in nutmeg and season soup to your liking.
12. In a bowl, ladle your soup, add a dash of cream and parsley for garnish.
13. Enjoy!

[@EmmaYeap]

The best I've ever tasted!!

[@yuanyeap]

❤❤

[@Lord_Rich_111]

Seeing this makes me realise that I haven't had some good pumpkin soup in a long time. That looks awesome though!

[@yuanyeap]

Thanks mate! I appreciate that!

[@theresavella7367]

Yuan your pumpkin soup, looks delicious, I can tell someone who never liked it , licked the spoon. I’ll be making this kind of soup hopefully today. 👌👌👌👌

[@yuanyeap]

Thank you Theresa!

[@maryonesarraiza615]

I’m sorry… the what hole?

[@yuanyeap]

hahaha sneaky!

[@theresavella7367]

👌👌👌 Yuan Is number one 👍👍