Pumpkin soup
Date & Ginger Chutney is excellent as a dressing/ cold sauce for meat and poultry, or to enhance the flavour of any curry. It is also great with sandwich fillings such as cheese, cold meats or pâtés.
Ingredients:
(4 - 6 servings) 750 g pumpkin (skinned, pipped and cut into cubes) 2 onions 50 g butter 200 ml orange juice 750 ml chicken stock or bouillon (not too salty) 1 tblsp Date & Ginger Chutney (Rainbow Cuisine) 2 tsp sugar Salt and pepper Garnish: 10 ml cream Pumpkin pips Parsley
Method:
1. Skin, pip and cut pumpkin into cubes. 2. Chop onions and fry in butter until soft. 3. Add pumpkin, orange juice, chicken stock and Date & Ginger Chutney. 4. Cover and simmer until pumpkin is soft. 5. Cool. Puree and return to saucepan. 6. Heat soup and season with sugar, salt and pepper. 7. If you want a stronger taste, add more Date & Ginger Chutney. Serving: Garnish with swirls of cream, pumpkin pips and chopped parsley
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