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Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup

A smooth and fragrant soup, it's much better with potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) than ordinary pumpkin.

309K 61 3.9

Last modified on: October 13^th 2010

Keywords for this recipe:Soup Pumpkin Japanese pumpkin

For 2 litres, you will need:

1 1 kg potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin)
2 1 litre water
3 1 chicken stock cube
4 200 ml liquid cream
5 2 tablespoons cornflour
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 2,039 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
50 min.	20 min.	1 hour 10 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 25 min.

Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup : Photo of step #1

Prepare 1 kg potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) or pumpkin, as indicated here.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup : Photo of step #2

Cut it into small pieces and put in a big pan, cover with water, salt, add 1 chicken stock cube and bring to the boil.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup : Photo of step #3

Cook covered until pumpkin is soft (about 20 minutes).

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup : Photo of step #4

Remove from heat, and blend, directly in the pan until smooth.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup : Photo of step #5

Blend in a bowl 2 tablespoons cornflour with 2 tablespoons of cold water.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup : Photo of step #6

Pour at one go into the pan while whisking non-stop. This operation will give a very smooth velouté.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup : Photo of step #7

Put the pan back on the heat and add 200 ml liquid cream while whisking all the time, and bring back to the boil. Check seasoning, it's ready.

Remarks

If you use potimarron, don't remove the skin, just scrub it with a brush, the flavour will be much better.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
382 Kcal or 1,599 Kj	15 gr	79 gr	1 gr
19 %	6 %	7 %	<1 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
19 Kcal or 80 Kj	1 gr	4 gr	< 1 gr
1 %	<1 %	<1 %	<1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 2 litres : 3.26 €

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Source

Joël Robuchon and Louis, market gardener of Saint-Renan.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup, How to prepare endives , Mixed seed grissini, Two-olive ciabatta, Chocolate Chantilly , ... All
	Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Taos hotpot, Triple-Cheese Pumpkin Gratin, Potimarron and Parmesan tart, Potimarron braised in meat jus, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rosemary steamed fish, Panna cotta, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Pasta with mushrooms, Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , ... All
	Cornflour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), Pear and lime meringue pie, Chestnut moelleux, Rich hazelnut buttercream, Blackcurrant, vanilla and lime verrine , ... All

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