Super Easy Autumn Pumpkin Soup With Mascarpone
Ingredients
The soup
- 1.3kg pumpkin, peeled and cut into small chunks
- 200g shallots, skin on, halved length ways
- 1 small head garlic, skin on, top centimetre sliced off
- 3 sprigs rosemary
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- Salt & pepper
- 750ml good chicken or vegetable stock, plus extra if needed
The garnish
- 3 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
To serve
- 100g Mascarpone (optional)
Method
Heat the oven to 180˚C. Scatter the pumpkin in a large roasting tin with the shallots, garlic-cut-side down – rosemary, olive oil and seasoning.
Roast for 45 minutes until golden, but not too browned.
For the garnish, toss the pumpkin seeds on a baking tray with the olive oil and toast in the oven for 5 minutes.
When the pumpkin is ready, remove the rosemary and squeeze the softened garlic and shallots from their skins into the roasting tray, discarding the skins.
Heat the stock in a saucepan large enough to fit the pumpkin, then add the contents of the roasting tray and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Blend to a smooth purée using a stick blender, thinning with more hot stock if necessary.
Reheat gently to serve, season and ladle the pumpkin soup into bowls. Crumble over the Mascarpone and scatter with pumpkin seeds.
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