Pumpkin soup

Well what else do you do with the inside of the jack o' lantern?


You'll need:

everything you can possibly scrape out of the pumpkin (except the seeds and the stringy bit in the middle)
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon ground ginger (or an inch or so of finely grated fresh ginger)
an onion, finely sliced
salt and black pepper
vegetable or chicken stock (when in doubt use some bouillon powder)
a little coconut cream

Fry the onion in a little olive oil, together with the ginger and turmeric, until it's translucent. Add the pumpkin (chopped into small pieces), and cook for a couple of minutes. Add the stock, salt and pepper, bring to the boil, and then simmer for 20 minutes or so.

Either shove in a blender, or use a hand blender, to make it all nice and smooth. Swirl in a little coconut cream on the top. Eat with lots of fresh bread rolls and cream cheese, preferably under the verandah at the Alnwick Garden in the sunshine.