Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Soup

Are you a fan of the spooky season? Me too! It’s not just that magical time of the year where we all get to be the fabulous witches that we are but pumpkins are finally in season and I just can’t wait to start making all sorts of earthy meals – or should I say potions – with this tasty vegetable!

Pumpkins are incredibly versatile: you can use them for sweet or savoury dishes, you can blend them into drinks or bake them into delicious biscuits…but nothing beats a warm and Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Soup to celebrate the start of this magical season.

Pumpkin or squash nicely presented on a wooden table together with an orange candle, croutons, onions, a pottery container and a green leaf house plant

I make mine with very few ingredients to keep it as simple and as accessible as possible. These ingredients are all vegan, and widely available and they’re all great if you have GORD/GERD symptoms but still want some flavour in your creamy roasted pumpkin soup. Highly customisable, you can use this recipe as a guide to making your version of this delicious dish!

Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Soup

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Prep Time 25

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1 15

Course Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish, Soup

Cuisine American, British, European

Servings 2 servings

Equipment

1 Oven tray with baking paper
1 Tongs
1 Immersion blender
1 Medium pot

Ingredients

1 Medium pumpkin or squash
2 Small potatoes or 1 medium
1/2 White or red small onion
1/2 tsp Vegetable Stock
Extra virgin olive oil If you prefer a less expensive oil, rapeseed or sunflower oil work too.
Salt
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Ground Nutmeg

Instructions

First of all, preheat your oven on the fan settings at 180 degrees centigrade. Wash the pumpkin, deseed, and cut into medium chunks leaving the skin on. Make sure the chunks all are similar in size for even cooking. Cover a large baking tray with baking paper and evenly distribute the pumpkin chunks on the tray.
Drizzle with Extra virgin olive oil, add salt to your taste and toast in the oven for 20-25 minutes, flip the chunks over halfway through the baking to make sure both sides of the pumpkin pieces "caramelise".
Once the pumpkin is fully cooked, remove from the over and leave to cool for 30 minutes. After this time has passed, you can peel the pumpkin skin off. It should come off easily after baking, if not use a small knife to make small cuts around the harder parts. Once the pumpkin chunks have had all the skin removed, measure 150-200g of pumpkin and set aside.
Cut half a small onion into small chunks and add to a medium pot – I usually prefer the red onion because it's less aggressive on my gut but I believe the white onion fits this recipe better. Add a splash of oil and saulté the onion for 3 minutes on medium heat. To avoid pan-frying it I always add a bit of water with the oil – it helps get rid of the onion's strong acidity while still keeping its taste.
While the onion cooks, peel two small potatoes – or one medium – and cut into small pieces. Once the onion starts browning, add the pumpkin chunks, the potatoes, half a teaspoon of your vegetable stock of choice and saulté all the ingredients for another 3 minutes. If the mix is dry, add a splash of water to help the stock coat the pumpkin and potato chunks.
Once the pumpkins and potatoes are coated and the flavours have fully mixed, add 200ml of water. Make sure to add enough to submerge the chunks to help reach the perfect creamy consistency later on. Cover with a lid and leave to cook at low-medium heat for 15 minutes, checking occasionally to ensure the water is not running too low.
After 15 minutes, use a fork or skewer to poke the potatoes to see if they're cooked. If they are take the pot off the heat and leave to cook for a couple of minutes. Use your immersion blender – or any available blender – to thoroughly blend the mixture. The result should be a smooth creamy orange paste.
To serve, I like to sprinkle with olive oil, pumpkin and sunflower seeds and add a little ground nutmeg to enhance the earthy flavour of the pumpkin. Your Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Soup is ready, enjoy!