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Posts Tagged ‘pumpkin’
Can hear the pot of pumpkin soup bubbling away as I type this!
Thought I would share this recipe with you as we are heading into soup season! We have noticed that all the herbs and veg have slowed right down now that the colder temperatures have kicked in and the number of daylight hours is almost at the lowest for the year.
I have used the recipe from the good old Australian Woman’s Weekly ‘Best Ever Recipes’ book which is about 30 years old. It still has the $3.98 recommended maximum price on it!
Pumpkin Vichyssoise
750g (11/2 lb) pumpkin (Musquee de Provence)
2 leaks or 2 large onions
250g (8oz) potatoes
3 cups chicken stock (4 cups if using a Crown type pumpkin)
1 cup cream
salt,pepper
Peel pumpkin, cut into small pieces, put into large saucepan. Add sliced leeks of peeled and chopped onions, peeled and chopped potatoes and stock. Bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer , uncovered for 25 minutes or until vegetables are very soft and tender. Puree or blend vegetables and liquid. Return to saucepan and add cream, salt and pepper. Bring to boil stirring, reduce head and simmer a further 5 minutes.
Serves 6.
Just been picking the Musquee de Provence pumpkin for the markets this weekend. A really moist pumpkin thats great for dry roasting! This is Southern France Heirloom pumpkin. We sell it just the way the French do – in wedges so you can see the thick sweet deep orange flesh.
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A bit of mention about us in the April edition of Her Business magazine…
“Having the markets has allowed growers who were growing one type of green to now grow herbs, salad greens, cucumbers, beans, pumpkins; a full range of produce is better than just one thing unless you have a specific product that you do extraordinarily well.”
Check out the rest of the article The Bazaar world of women