This nutritious pumpkin and turkey soup makes a tasty family meal any day of the week, but you can add a spider’s web on top for Halloween.
Ingredients
- For the
- pumpkin soup:
- 1tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions, roughly chopped
- 1kg pumpkin or butternut squash, peeled and cut into 2-3cm chunks
- 1tbsp mild curry powder
- 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 700ml chicken stock, made using stock cubes
- 150g pack smoked turkey rashers, finely chopped
- For the
- spider's web effect:
- Natural yogurt
- Cocktail stick
Method
Place the oil and onions in a large saucepan and cook over a medium heat for 5 mins. Add in the pumpkin or squash and cook for a further 6 – 8 mins until browned, stirring occasionally. Stir in the curry powder and cook for 30 secs before adding in the garlic and stock.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins until the pumpkin or squash is tender.
Whizz up the soup with a hand-held blender, food processor or liquidiser until smooth. Pour the soup back into the pan, add the chopped turkey rashers, and simmer for 2 – 3 mins until the turkey is cooked through and season well.
Serve in 4 bowls or in a cooking pot with a spider’s web design on top – see our tip above. This soup goes perfectly with crusty bread.
Top tip for making Halloween pumpkin soup
For a spider's web effect on the soup, make a spiral from natural yoghurt using a teaspoon, and then drag it through with a cocktail stick starting each time from the centre to the outside.
