Organic spiced pumpkin soup

We got our first vegetable box from falls farm. they are organic and deliver the same day they pick the vegetables :). I have never enjoyed pumpkin, its my least favourite vegetable thats for sure! but because these random boxes come with a section of what ever the farmer whats to give, of course there was a pumpkin and well it couldn't go to waste !

so I thought I would make a pumpkin soup but try and mask the flavour, and I did so by caramelising some onions and adding lots of cumin :)

turned out so delicious and now I'm hooked !

Recipe

Yield 6

1 small pumpkin

2 large onions

3 cloves garlic

water

2 sprig rosemary

2 sprig marjoram

2 Tbsp dried cumin powder

1 Tbsp smoked paprika

grapeseed oil

start buy preheated oven to 200˚c

remove skin from pumpkin and chop into small cubes, just so you get more surface area to caramelise the pumpkin.

toss the pumpkin in grapeseed oil, salt and pepper.

line two baking trays with paper and evenly lay the pumpkin out on the trays, place one sprig of marjoram and rosemary on each tray.

pop in the oven until very soft and caramelised 20-30 minutes.

place a pot on the stove and get super hot almost smoking, add a little oil and add the onion and garlic. stir a little but leave to caramelise.

once the pumpkin has cooked add to the pot of onions and cover with water. add the cumin and smoked paprika and bring to the boil.

once the soup has come to the boil add to a blender, if you need to thin the soup out add a little water and then season to your liking.

feel free to add more smoked paprika or cumin powder :)

I love to serve mine with some real sourdough and pepe saya butter :D

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