[MoreWhisky]

Just making a pumpkin soup (with my first pumpkin) first one i have ever made.

Using so far pumkin,onion, chicken stock.

What i would like to know is what herbs would go with this ? got most herbs and ingredients.

Cheers MW.

[veggirl]

 I use cumin.

[Sue33]

hubby is a chef and he usually does spicy pepper pumpkin soup, so I assume lots of pepper, (shall I ask him??) oh and lots of cream 

[MoreWhisky]

Was thinking of a bit of cumin veggirl thanks.

And Sue any expert help would be great my wife is expecting great soup when she gets home ). I think i best go buy some cream.

[Brambles]

I am vegetarian.   Pumpkin soup is one of my faves...  I usually put onion, vegetable stock, and grated carrot in with grated potato to thicken (it can be a bit watery) and lots and lots of black pepper!   Cream is for special occasions

[Sue33]

hubby says chilli peppers if you like if spicy  and lots of cream if you're special 

[MoreWhisky]

Just thinking mine was looking a bit watery brambles , so potatoe thickins it does it, do u grate raw or cooked potatoe in it?

[MoreWhisky]

Defo cream then Sue he he

[veggirl]

I'm vegan, so no cream or milk, but usually I use some chopped carrot and sometimes some chopped potato, then blitz it before serving. It freezes really well, but I find if my 15 year old son is around, it tends to evaporate....

[PAULW]

Rub with olive oil and roast in the oven with onions/shallots and garlic a full bulb if you have one, fry off some bacon/lardons when pumpkin/sqaush is cooked remove skin and put flesh onions garlic and bacon into a food procesor and whizz with stock pour into pan and reheat adding cream salt and white pepper as required

[mumofstig]

I usually cook it with some carrots as well as onion and find by the time i whizz it up it is quite thick anyway. As for spices i use mild curry...loverly

[arugula]

For the non-veggies... does anyone ever put blue or any other cheese in a pumpkin soup? (I've seen bacon added to one in Val's recipe section). I'm usually quite good at flavour combinations and I think it would be nice, but I wouldn't want to spoil two lovely things! 

Thanks, 

[Val H]

I've put stilton in. We tend to buy up all the stilton after X-Mas/New Year when it is dirt cheap (very reduced) and freeze it and then use in soups etc.

[arugula]

Thanks Val! Looks like I'll be trying some with bacon and some with blue cheese then.

Lorna. 

[GrannieAnnie]

hubby is a chef and he usually does spicy pepper pumpkin soup, so I assume lots of pepper, (shall I ask him??) oh and lots of cream 

But not too much cream!!!   Last year I think I over did it and got what looked like a very warm pumpkin flavoured milkshake!!!!