Red pepper and pumpkin soup
This red pepper and pumpkin soup is perfect for Halloween. You can even use up the pumpkin flesh from your Jack’ O Lantern! It’s quick and easy and it’s very popular with kids because it’s naturally sweet. You can easily decorate the soup – see the tips below. Serve the soup with crusty bread, flat-bread or scones.
Ingredients
Method
- Peel & chop the onion and garlic.
- Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion & garlic and cook at a low temperature until translucent.
- Meanwhile, cut the pumpkin in half, scrape the seeds out, cut off the rind with a knife and dice the flesh.
- De-seed the peppers and roughly chop the flesh.
- When the onion is soft, add the pumpkin, pepper pieces and the tomato purée. Stir well then sweat under a lid for 10 minutes.
- Pour in the vegetable broth, bring to the boil, then simmer on a low heat for 25 minutes.
- Blend until smooth and silky