Steemit Iron Chef 2017 #08: Creamy Pumpkin Soup

This week was difficult .... as it was very hard for me to make up my mind ... I had so many ideas of what to create ... normally I try to create something very new and out of the box ... in the end this time I opted to make a soup, as I just love soups in the winter time .

I also made a puff pastry bread for the soup .... with fresh basil oil, and toasted almondflakes and pumpkinseeds....
Ingredients
Pumpkin Lumina
Butternut Squash
Double cream
smoked Paprika
shallots
butter
a whole garlic
The soup was slow cooked... about 3 hours at very low heat until the pumpkin was almost tender.... then I blended it ...

shallots in butter

add garlic

add pumpkin and butternut squash

add double cream

season with smoked paprika, salt and pepper (later we will add more tasting )

toast almond flakes and pumpkin seeds

fresh basil oil seasoned with salt and pepper and a dash of balsamico

puff pastry

baste with the basil oil

sprinkle with almond flakes and pumpkinseeds

bake until ready

nomnom

blend your soup

run it through a sieve
then season to taste
and plate

make sure you have taken a proof pic

Bon Appetit


This was a hearty and wonderful meal on a cold rainy day here in Copenhagen ... the smoked Paprika added to the warmth and heat of the dish and the fresh basiloil added a freshness to the velvet texture of the creamy soup... and the bread was awesome with the lovely crunch of the almond flakes and the pumpkin seeds !

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