Spiced pumpkin soup
A smooth soup made with butternut squash which will satisfy vegetarians, or spice it up with a scattering of chilli shrimps
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 10
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 45 mins
Cook 55 mins
Vegetarian
freezable without shrimps
- In a large pan, heat the oil with ½ tsp salt and some pepper. Add the leeks and potatoes, cook for 5 mins over a medium heat, stirring constantly, then add the garlic and squash. Continue to cook for 10 mins to give everything a bit of colour.
- Add the coconut milk and 1 litre water, or enough to cover the mixture. Place the lemongrass on a board and crush with the flat end of a cleaver or knife, then add to the soup, turn the heat up and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook for 20 mins until the squash is mushy. Remove the lemongrass.
- Blend until smooth (the soup should be nice and thick, but add a splash of water if it has become too thick). Return to the saucepan and put back onto the heat. Taste and season again, then serve with a bowl of snipped chives and one of Chilli shrimps (see below), allowing guests to help themselves.
Serve with chilli shrimps
Finely chop 1 large tomato. Deseed and finely dice 2 long red chillies. Mix with 300g cooked shrimps or small prawns, small bunch chives, snipped and small handful chopped coriander leaves. Best assembled just before serving.
Per serving
282 kcalories, protein 5.0g, carbohydrate 27.0g, fat 18.0 g, saturated fat 12.0g, fibre 4.0g, sugar 11.0g, salt 0.25 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2010.
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 10
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 45 mins
Cook 55 mins
Vegetarian
freezable without shrimps
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 4 small leeks , trimmed, washed and roughly chopped
- 3 large potatoes , diced
- 3 garlic cloves , crushed
- 2 good-sized butternut squash , peeled, deseeded and cut into 4cm chunks
- 2 x 400ml cans coconut milk
- 3 lemongrass
- chilli shrimps (see recipe, below) or snipped chives, to serve
Per serving
282 kcalories, protein 5.0g, carbohydrate 27.0g, fat 18.0 g, saturated fat 12.0g, fibre 4.0g, sugar 11.0g, salt 0.25 g
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