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The best about this season? Soup! Lots of it. In all variations, textures, flavours and colours.
Some of you might have noticed that the blog is taking on more of a cooking theme at the moment, and less baking’s going on. That’s because autumn always kickstarts a wish to make comfort food. Food that warms the belly and heart at the end of a cold day outside.
I don’t know why, but autumn always makes me feel ‘at home’. Maybe it’s because the colder weather makes it cozy to stay inside. Maybe it stems from watching too many US TV series set in New England, where somehow it’s always autumnal. Or maybe it’s because I always marvelled at that pumpkin farm depicted in my highschool geography book. I’ve always had a thing for pumpkins. They’re just fabulous. With their round bellies, big warts and odd shapes, they are ideal for making all sorts of things with – from pies, cakes and quiches to stews, roasts and, well, soup!
So over to this week’s recipe: a creamy pumpkin coconut soup, infused with a hint of chili and cinnamon and spiced up with a dollop of basil pesto.
It’s quite an unusual combination – you normally wouldn’t think of adding some Italian-style pesto to a curry-flavoured soup, but believe me it surprisingly works incredibly well!
I know I called this recipe a pumpkin soup in the title, but I’m using butternut squash to make it. That’s because it doesn’t really matter which kind of pumpkin you use, it will always taste amazing. Here in the UK butterbut squash is widely available and quite cheap at the moment, so I opted for that variety to make my soup. But feel free to use the flesh from your carved-out Halloween pumpkin. ★
Anne! WOW WOW WOW
This is my idea of comfort food! Love pumpkin, love, coconut and obviously love pesto! Such an amazing combo!
Qué sitio tan maravilloso!
Gracias por ofrecer su talento y sensibilidad de forma tan generosa. Hace un magnífico trabajo.
Esta semana ofreceré en casa su receta de esta sopa. Ya le contaré los comentarios.
Un abrazo y Enhorabuena!
Wow! What beautiful photos and I’m thrilled to see the flavors matched as they are. You are right, not something I had imagined, but I’m eager to try! Nicely done…
Awesome soup! I just did something similar but instead of pesto thai curry and coconut. http://delishhh.com/?p=2445 I have to try your variation of it. I am on big soup run 🙂
Oh that sounds so amazing! I happen to have all the ingredients on hand so I will be making it for dinner tonight.
This looks like my dream meal Fabes! xxx
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