recipes for changing pumpkin soup

Pumpkin soup is on the rise: because it changes from leek soup, because pumpkin and squash are trendy, because it is super easy to make, because it does not cost an arm and because … well because it is very good, quite simply! Super good and super easy to transform. We give you 8 pumpkin soup recipes that are a change from pumpkin soup.

Pumpkin soup is good! But it's even better when you customize it with ingredients that enhance it. Yogurt, cream, potatoes, chestnuts, apple, coconut milk, various spices … There is no shortage of ideas for rediscovering and savoring pumpkin soup. It's simple, with these 8 variations, we could eat it every day!

The recipe for pumpkin soup

Before we jump into variations of pumpkin soup (it also works with pumpkin soup), let's focus on the basic recipe.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Ingredients for 4 persons :
– 1 kg of peeled and diced pumpkin
– 2 onions
– salt, pepper, butter, grated nutmeg

Preparation of the pumpkin soup recipe:

  • Chop the onions, brown them in a casserole dish with the butter. Salt and pepper then add the pumpkin.
  • Mix then pour 1 liter of water (or 1 liter of broth, it will be even better). Leave to cook for 45 minutes. Add the nutmeg.
  • Mix the soup and serve!

1. Pumpkin soup with yogurt, the lightest

In this light and creamy variant of pumpkin soup, after turning off the heat, you will need to add 3 yogurts stirred in the casserole dish. Are you greedy? So we recommend a variation of this variation: add grated nutmeg and croutons and your pumpkin soup will be unforgettable.

2. Recipe for pumpkin soup with chestnuts, the most autumnal

What if, to the traditional pumpkin soup, you added 2 tablespoons of cornstarch, 2 tablespoons of crème fraîche and 250 g of chopped chestnuts? If so, do it, since we tell you!

3. Pumpkin soup with goat cheese and tarragon

Make your pumpkin soup by adding a few tarragon leaves. Then work 200 g of fresh goat cheese with pepper and a few tarragon leaves. Serve the soup with a goat cheese quenelle in the center of the plate.

4. Pumpkin soup with potatoes and ham for the hungry

By adding potatoes, the pumpkin soup thickens and helps overcome even the hungriest stomachs. This time, you will cook, at the same time as the pumpkin, 3 beautiful potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces. And if you like creamy soups, we advise you to add 20 cl of crème fraîche at the end of cooking.
To make your pumpkin soup a complete meal, finally add a few strips of ham.

5. Pumpkin soup

Because soup is good, but pumpkin soup, how to put it, is … even better! We explain how to cook it.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Ingredients for 4 persons :
1 kg of pumpkin or pumpkin cut into pieces
50 cl of skimmed milk
10 cl of light liquid cream (15%)
zest of 1/2 untreated orange, minced
grated nutmeg, 2 cloves, 1 bay leaf, salt, pepper

Preparation of the pumpkin velouté recipe:

  • Cook the pieces of pumpkin in a saucepan with 10cl of water for 20 minutes. Put the cooked pumpkin in a potato masher and put it back in the pan.
  • In another saucepan, bring the milk to a boil. Salt and pepper. Add the orange zest, nutmeg, cloves and bay leaf.
  • Off the heat, cover and let steep for 10 minutes. Filter through a fine sieve.
  • Pour in the filtered milk. bring to a boil while mixing well. Add the liquid cream, salt and pepper. And serve.

6. Pumpkin soup with apple and coconut milk

Want to make an original pumpkin soup? Have you ever tried the pumpkin / apple / coconut milk combination? If not, we recommend it to you. And if so, we recommend that you start over …
Preparation: 15 min
Cooking: 30 min
Ingredients for 4 pers.
– 1 slice of pumpkin, diced
– 2 apples, peeled and cut into pieces
– 1 onion, peeled and sliced
– 20 cl of coconut milk
– 1 cube of chicken stock
– 1 C. tablespoons of olive oil

Preparation of the recipe for an original pumpkin soup

  • Brown all the vegetables in the oil for 2 minutes.
  • Add 1 liter of water, the stock cube, cover and cook for 30 min (10 min in a pressure cooker).
  • Mix then add the coconut milk and mix. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.

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7. Purifying pumpkin soup with black radish

8. Pumpkin soup served in … pumpkin!

Serve your pumpkin soup … in the pumpkin! To do this, cut its hat delicately, hollow it out, use its flesh to make your soup. Cut the base of the pumpkin, without drilling the bottom. Put the hat back on top. Wrap everything in foil. Bake and heat for 20 minutes in the oven at 180 ° C. Take the pumpkin out of the oven. Remove the aluminum foil and pour your velouté into it. This unusual container will amaze everyone and who knows, maybe make children want to eat soup!