Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: agapanthus on October 31, 2007, 09:05
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Recipe for the pumpkin soup we had on the foray.....not exactly sure of quantities but but fiddle around with it to taste :)
Roast slices of pumpkin (drizzled with olive oil) in oven til soft...about 40/45 mins
Gently fry a large onion until soft...add 2/3 cloves chopped garlic ( I also added a large clove of elephant garlic) a level teaspoon of freshly ground cumin seeds and as many chopped chillies as you like either 1 or 2 hot ones or a couple of milder ones( I used a mixture of pinnochio's nose, lemon drop and cayenne). Cook for a few mins.
Add chunks of pumpkin and also chopped sweet red pepper, chicken stock (not too much) salt and freshly ground black pepper and a teaspoon of sugar. Top the lot off with milk and simmer for about 20 mins. Add more milk if necessary ( the soup does get very thick). When cooked adjust seasoning and add a big splodge of double (or single ) cream/creme fraiche ----or both! and a few tablespoons of chopped freesh coriander and parsley. Enjoy!!! :)
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Sounds lush, Aggy!
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i guess you could use veggie stock and make it vegetarian? :?:
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Mmmm - yummy - all I need now is a pumpkin
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it was blooming lubberly and im making my own lol .. :lol:
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Right, i shall cook this tonight. I'll post photos of the result. off to search for a pumpkin, Ta for the recipe :)
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i guess you could use veggie stock and make it vegetarian? :?:
Sure Rose....go for it ! :)
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Right, i shall cook this tonight. I'll post photos of the result. off to search for a pumpkin, Ta for the recipe :)
I looked and looked and looked and looked and looked, they all ran out of em yesterday :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Sounds really yummy, I will have a go when I get chance.
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Right, i shall cook this tonight. I'll post photos of the result. off to search for a pumpkin, Ta for the recipe :)
I looked and looked and looked and looked and looked, they all ran out of em yesterday :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
Aw what a shame :(
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asda have loads left here £0.99 each again now :lol:
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Recipe for the pumpkin soup we had on the foray.....not exactly sure of quantities but but fiddle around with it to taste :)
Roast slices of pumpkin (drizzled with olive oil) in oven til soft...about 40/45 mins
Gently fry a large onion until soft...add 2/3 cloves chopped garlic ( I also added a large clove of elephant garlic) a level teaspoon of freshly ground cumin seeds and as many chopped chillies as you like either 1 or 2 hot ones or a couple of milder ones( I used a mixture of pinnochio's nose, lemon drop and cayenne). Cook for a few mins.
Add chunks of pumpkin and also chopped sweet red pepper, chicken stock (not too much) salt and freshly ground black pepper and a teaspoon of sugar. Top the lot off with milk and simmer for about 20 mins. Add more milk if necessary ( the soup does get very thick). When cooked adjust seasoning and add a big splodge of double (or single ) cream/creme fraiche ----or both! and a few tablespoons of chopped freesh coriander and parsley. Enjoy!!! :)
Thanks Aggy for posting. Will be making this tomorrow!
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Must say, that't the tastiest pumpkin recipe I've ever seen. wish I'd grown some now. Still, will have a go next year.
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Recipe for the pumpkin soup we had on the foray.....not exactly sure of quantities but but fiddle around with it to taste :)
Roast slices of pumpkin (drizzled with olive oil) in oven til soft...about 40/45 mins
Gently fry a large onion until soft...add 2/3 cloves chopped garlic ( I also added a large clove of elephant garlic) a level teaspoon of freshly ground cumin seeds and as many chopped chillies as you like either 1 or 2 hot ones or a couple of milder ones( I used a mixture of pinnochio's nose, lemon drop and cayenne). Cook for a few mins.
Add chunks of pumpkin and also chopped sweet red pepper, chicken stock (not too much) salt and freshly ground black pepper and a teaspoon of sugar. Top the lot off with milk and simmer for about 20 mins. Add more milk if necessary ( the soup does get very thick). When cooked adjust seasoning and add a big splodge of double (or single ) cream/creme fraiche ----or both! and a few tablespoons of chopped freesh coriander and parsley. Enjoy!!! :)
Thanks Aggy for posting. Will be making this tomorrow!
Enjoy darling!!!! :)
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ahhhh roast the pumpkin 1st... nice idea. Made some last night and it was delicious. It was almost the same as yours but had a huge handful of coriander blitzed and chucked in during cooking then more to garnish..
defo going to roast the next lot I do.. Thanks
PS made with veg stock for Mr Veggie here :D
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Ok now for the inane question by me! Can you use the pumpkin flesh after its been used as a lantern? Got 4 beautiful pumpkins carved as lanterns for yesterday, it seems such a shame to compost them already.
Any help gratefully received
Ness x
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if you use a candle then the answer is no the flesh will be toxic with carbon fumes etc , sorry :)
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Thanks, looks like the compost for them. Dont want to make spicy toxic pumpkin soup! My cookings got a bad enough reputation! :oops:
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I made the soup - yummers! Even Mr Jac had a bowl and a second one.... and he claims to be allergic to pumpkins :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I made it so hot (spicy) though, but that didn't dampen at all. Making more on Saturday for the family :wink:
Thanks Aggy!
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I made the soup - yummers! Even Mr Jac had a bowl and a second one.... and he claims to be allergic to pumpkins :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I made it so hot (spicy) though, but that didn't dampen at all. Making more on Saturday for the family :wink:
Thanks Aggy!
its even brilliant cold jaq .and even better when its reheated the next day lmao :lol: :lol:
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I made the soup - yummers! Even Mr Jac had a bowl and a second one.... and he claims to be allergic to pumpkins :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I made it so hot (spicy) though, but that didn't dampen at all. Making more on Saturday for the family :wink:
Thanks Aggy!
its even brilliant cold jaq .and even better when its reheated the next day lmao :lol: :lol:
I'm definitely taking a flask to work tomorrow. We're so busy at the moment, I hardly get time for a proper lunch :cry: . Been living on fruit and cold packed pasta for lunch all week as the microwave at work is broken and people have to go down or up a floor to heat up food :roll: . Tomorrow, I'll heat it up on the stove, flask it and just pour into a bowl and eat for lunch.
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I made the soup - yummers! Even Mr Jac had a bowl and a second one.... and he claims to be allergic to pumpkins :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I made it so hot (spicy) though, but that didn't dampen at all. Making more on Saturday for the family :wink:
Thanks Aggy!
its even brilliant cold jaq .and even better when its reheated the next day lmao :lol: :lol:
I'm definitely taking a flask to work tomorrow. We're so busy at the moment, I hardly get time for a proper lunch :cry: . Been living on fruit and cold packed pasta for lunch all week as the microwave at work is broken and people have to go down or up a floor to heat up food :roll: . Tomorrow, I'll heat it up on the stove, flask it and just pour into a bowl and eat for lunch.
dont forget the crunchy french stick :lol: :lol: