Pumpkin Soup

Seasonal and delicious

My mom makes this tasteful, silky and embarrassingly easy pumpkin soup. Its color and flavor always makes my day and it is perfect as an appetizer, or as a light dinner, combined with a slice of fine bread and some goat cheese.

As I was walking yesterday, I saw a farm and I remembered that pumpkin season is here! So, how about some soup?

Ingredients for 4 servings:

1 kg peeled, deseeded and chopped pumpkin
1 big potato peeled
One vegetable stock cube
1 pinch of grated ginger
1 pinch of grated nutmeg
olive oil
salt – pepper

Put the pumpkin and the potato in a large saucepan, sprinkle with olive oil and add water; just enough in order to cover the vegetables. Add the vegetable cube and bring to boil until the pumpkin and the potato are very soft. Add more water if needed.

Purée the soup with a hand blender. Add the ginger and nutmeg; Season with salt and pepper.

Serve and garnish with croutons and grated cheese if you wish. Enjoy!

words by maria alipranti

photography by christos drazos