Pumpkin Soup

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4.5

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  • Prep Time

    10 mins

  • Cook Time

    35 mins

  • Total Time

    45 mins

  • Servings

    8 people

  • Course

    Soup

  • Cuisine

    African

Pumpkin Soup

A delicious pumpkin soup recipe, a favorite of Mma Ramotswe, famous detective from Botswana and main character from Alexander McCall Smith's novels.

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Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 small pumpkin (4-5 lb/2-2,5kg)
  • 1 potato
  • 1 small sweet potato
  • 2 onion diced
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 4 cups water hot
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 cubes vegetable bouillon (or chicken bouillon)
  • 2 small green apples , peeled and seeded
  • ½ teaspoon cumin ground
  • 1 pinch Chili pepper ground
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon sage or 1 sprig fresh sage, dried
  • ½ teaspoon thyme or 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, dried
  • 1 cinnamon stick (or ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon)
  • salt
  • black pepper freshly ground

Instructions

  1. Chop the vegetables coarsely.
  2. Dissolve bouillon cubes in hot water.
  3. Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat and sauté the onions. Add the garlic.
  4. Stir and cook 3 minutes.
  5. Add the ground chili pepper, cumin and paprika and stir for one minute.
  6. Add broth and mix well.
  7. Add all remaining ingredients. Cover and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes.
  8. Remove cinnamon stick and mix with hand blender or blender.
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