Nia's DW

Well, candamira thought, I should share my favourite pumkin recipe with you.
It's a soup as well and not very haute cuisine but I love it nonetheless:



Pumpkin soup with creme cheese
You need:
- 1 Hokaido pumpkin
- 1 big apple (or 2 smaller ones)
- 1 big onion (or 2 smaller ones)
- powdered vegetable stock (I'm sure it will be better with fresh broth)
- spices (red pepper, black pepper, cardamon, ginger, curry, oregano, salt, and whatever you love and want to add)
- 250 gr/quater of a pound of creme cheese

What to do:
Dice onions, the peeled apples and the pitted pumpkin.
Oil the pot and rost the onions AND the apples with some heat.
Add the pumpkin as soon as the onions are glazed.
Add water until the pumkin is covered (not more) and then add powdered vegetable stock until the water tastes like a good broth.
Add as much spices as you like or can stand (I have to restrict myself because our little one doesn't like it too hot). Don't forget a bit salt (yes, stock is salty too but it's not the same:).
Let the soup cook for at least 30 minutes. It's not important if the soup simmers or cooks.
Blend with a hand-held blender (I never tried it with a mixer but think that would work too)
Now lessen the heat.
Add the creme cheese.
Taste and see if you want to spice it again (I normally do because the creme cheese lessens the taste).

That's it. Gute Appetit!

I'm tagging anemonen, celestlyn, and lokifan.