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The Start of Autumn by ~e-Sidera The suggester wrote: Even though the recipe is quite simple, it looks delicious and fits the season perfect
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The Start of Autumn

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I've never made something with pumpkin before! I have eaten pumkin soup twice in my life, and I really liked that! I planned to make pumkin risotto of some recipe I found. But the evening I wanted to make it, my mother and her boyfriend suddenly went out for dinner, leaving me alone with that round orange pumpkin.

So, it's a little sad to make pumpkin risotto just for one. Instead, I opted to make pumpkin soup because you can easily eat the leftovers the next day! As I said, I never made it before, so I looked it up on the internet and gave it my best shot. I did read that the flavour was best if you first grilled the pumpkin. I grilled it together with two small potatos, an apple and several cloves of garlic, topped with olive oil, sea salt, rosemary and thyme, for 50 minutes at 180 degrees.

In a soup pan, I first sautéd a red onion (we were out of the yellow variant), then added all the grilled stuff and vegetable stock from a tablet. I forgot what other kind of herbs and spices I added, but I knew I added a bay leaf to the mixture, and a splash of sherry.

Because I was to eat this as a main dish, I left some pumpkin pieces aside, and pureed the soup. Because I'm a real meat-lover, I wanted to add a bit of baked ham (dinner without meat? How... un-me!). I had a fifth of a baguette in my freezer, which I un-froze and dipped in olive oil before I baked it for 8 minutes at 220 degrees.

So, this is grilled pumpkin soup with pumpkin pieces, topped with creme fraiche, scallions and ham! I thought it was really tasty :heart:

Oh, the pumpkin next to the plate is just a decorative one from our garden table :) And I had a glass of Chardonnay wine, my favorite type!

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:bulletblue::bulletpurple::bulletred::bulletorange::bulletyellow: Oh my, I got a DD!! I mean, I got a DD! Thank all of you for viewing this, and thanks :iconicedrop21: for the suggestion!! :heart: :bulletyellow::bulletorange::bulletred::bulletpurple::bulletblue:

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Canon
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Canon EOS 550D
Shutter Speed
1/30 second
Aperture
F/5.0
Focal Length
25 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Sep 30, 2012, 6:10:55 PM
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Brok3nD011's avatar
Oh this looks delicious! :D 

Is this a recipe you came up with yourself? I would love to prepare this. :)