Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup
A smooth and fragrant soup, it's much better with potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) than ordinary pumpkin.
293,4584/5 for 53 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: October 13th 2010
For 2 litres, you will need:
- 0
1 kg potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) - 1
1 litre water - 2
1 chicken stock cube - 3
200 ml liquid cream - 4
2 tablespoons cornflour - 5
salt - 6
pepper - Total weight: 2,039 grams
How long does it take?
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.
Prepare 1 kg potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) or pumpkin, as indicated here.
Stage 2 - 15 min.
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.
Cook covered until pumpkin is soft (about 20 minutes).
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Remove from heat, and blend, directly in the pan until smooth.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Blend in a bowl 2 tablespoons cornflour with 2 tablespoons of cold water.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Pour at one go into the pan while whisking non-stop. This operation will give a very smooth velouté.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 litres : 2.83 £
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Joël Robuchon and Louis, market gardener of Saint-Renan.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Potimarron and leek soup, Stuffed pumpkin gratin, Mixed vegetable curry, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, ... All |
| Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turnip top soup, Rum babas, Minted Melon, Cornmeal baps for Anne, Hummus, ... All |
| Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio ice cream, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Toffee apple upside-down cake, ... All |
| Cornflour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rabbit civet "à la normande", Apple confectioner's custard, Two-stage beef chuck , Upside-down Parmentier, Peach and verbena feuilleté, ... All |
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