Pumpkin Cream Soup with Saffron & Melting Chestnuts

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4.9

228 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Cook Time

    15 mins

  • Total Time

    45 mins

  • Servings

    4 servings

  • Course

    Soup

  • Cuisine

    French

Pumpkin Cream Soup with Saffron & Melting Chestnuts

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Ingredients

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Pumpkin cream:

  • 500 g pumpkin
  • 1 onion
  • 1 dash olive oil
  • 20 g semi-salted butter
  • 20 cl vegetable stock
  • 15 cl liquid cream
  • 1 pinch saffron powder
  • 1 pinch salt

The croutons:

  • 150 g soft bread
  • 30 g semi-salted butter

Pumpkin seeds:

  • 50 g pumpkin seeds
  • 1 pinch salt

The finish:

  • 100 g cooked chestnuts
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Instructions

How to Make the Soup:

  1. Peel and cut the pumpkin into small pieces.
  2. Peel and cut the onion into thin slices.
  3. Heat the oil and butter in a casserole over a low heat, then add the onion, pumpkin and a pinch of salt.
  4. Leave to cook for 5 minutes, stirring gently. Add the vegetable stock, cream and saffron.
  5. Leave to cook over a low-medium heat for 15 minutes. Then mix finely. Taste and add a little salt if necessary.
  6. Keep warm, being careful not to allow it to boil!

How to Make the Croutons and Seeds:

  1. Preheat the oven to 150 °C/ 302 ℉.
  2. Bake the pumpkin seeds spread out on a baking tray for 10 minutes.
  3. Salt them and set them aside to cool.
  4. Cut the bread into small 0.5 cm/ ¼ inch cubes and brown them in a frying pan with a little butter for a few minutes.
  5. Then place the croutons on absorbent paper.

How to Finish the Plate:

  1. Divide the chestnuts among the verrines and then pour in the hot pumpkin cream.
  2. Place the small croutons and pumpkin seeds on top, followed by a dash of olive oil.
  3. Serve immediately.

Good to Know:

  1. You can make a success of this recipe with all the varieties of squash: the long squash of Nice, the musk of Provence (my favourite!), but the pumpkin remains very interesting for its chestnut taste.

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