As you all know, I’m located in Cape Town now and it looks like I will be here for a while. I will be sharing my recipes that will reflect the seasons on this side of the world, a.k.a the southern hemisphere. I was a little perplexed though, I know the lot of you beautiful readers of mine are living in the northern part of the world and might not be craving popsicles in mid december 😛
Enter; my mother Ingela. She will be providing us with weekly recipes from Sweden and together we will cover the wholeeeee globe 😛 Or at least every season. With no further ado I present Moma Bear’s first recipe:
Pumpkin Soup
Serves 4, about 20 min
- 1 kg of any type of pumpkin, cut into cubes.
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 10 cm leek (the white part only), chopped
- ½ red pepper, chopped
- ½ a bunch fresh coriander, chopped
- ½ fresh chili, chopped and without the seeds
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- ½ liter water or vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt, to taste
How to do:
- Heat the olive oil in a big pot.
- Add the three different kinds of onions.
- Let it fry until the onions are soft.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and let it fry for a couple of minutes.
- Add some salt.
- Add the water/broth and let it cook for about 15 minutes.
- When the pumpkin and the carrot are soft, blend the entire soup at high speed.
- Serve and sprinkle whatever you like (roasted pumpkin seeds, coriander or croutons).
