Spiced Pumpkin Soup with Cinnamon Cream

[Bender]

Haven't tried this yet, but this sounds good so thought I'd post it here:

Spiced Pumpkin Soup with Cinnamon Cream:
Serves 4. Prep and cook time: 30 minutes.

Ingredients:
- for the soup:

• 1 tablespoon (20ml) olive oil
• 1 medium brown onion (150g), chopped coarsely
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 2 teaspoons (10ml) ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon (2½ ml) ground coriander
• 1kg butternut pumpkin, chopped coarsely
• 2 medium potatos (400g), chopped coarsely
• 2 cups (500ml) water
• 1½ cups (375ml) vegetable stock
• 5cm strip orange rind

- for the cinnamon cream:

• 2/3 cup (160ml) cream
• ½ teaspoon (2½ ml) ground cinnamon

Method:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan; cook onion and garlic, stirring, until onion softens.
• Add spices and cook, stirrng, until fragrant.
• Add pumpkin, potato, the water, stock and rind; bring to the boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• While simmering the soup, make the cinnamon cream: beat cream and cinnamon in a small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form.
• Blend or process soup, in batches, until smooth. Return soup to pan and stir over heat until heated through.
• Serve bowls of soup topped with cinnamon cream.

[BFG]

There's no meat in it, so what's the point?

[Bender]

Thank you for your valuable feedback. Perhaps you may wish to consider directing your chef to post a recipe or two for the carnivores?

[Possum]

Yum sounds good. We eat a lot of fresh soups as I find it the best way to get veg into the kids. Will try it this week and let you know. I don't suppose you have a Tamil translation of the above recipe

[Bender]

a Tamil translation of the above recipe

Sorry, I don't.
I copied it into an online English to Tamil translator website, and it returned all sorts of pretty squiggly patterns and lines.

[Kooky]

Pumpkin is a strange thing - I can never quite work out if it's savoury or dessert.

[BFG]

Thank you for your valuable feedback. Perhaps you may wish to consider directing your chef to post a recipe or two for the carnivores?

Take one Aberdeen Angus steer. Chop off its head, wipe its a*se and pull it past the barbecue...

[Bender]

Pumpkin is a strange thing - I can never quite work out if it's savoury or dessert.

Substitute 'and' for 'or' above and you have your answer.

[Aliya]

Bender, will you marry me? pretty please.

[Bender]

Bender, will you marry me? pretty please.

I'm flattered, but already taken. My fan club is open to new memberships.

[Fat Bob]

Bender, take my advcice, run away NOW!