🏝️ Caribbean

Pumpkin Soup

Name: Pumpkin Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, diced Onion; 3 cloves, minced Garlic; 1 litre Stock or Broth; 500 g Pumpkin; 1 tbsp Coconut Oil; 1/2 tsp Allspice; small handful Fresh Thyme; 300 g Yam; 100 g Dumplings

🏝️ Caribbean

Gentle simmered pumpkin in a fragrant broth, finished with fresh herbs — the caribbean answer to "something light tonight". About 30 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 10 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, diced
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Stock or Broth1 litre
Pumpkin500 g
Coconut Oil1 tbsp
Allspice1/2 tsp
Fresh Thymesmall handful
Yam300 g
Dumplings100 g

Instructions

1
Sweat the onion in the Coconut Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.
2
Add the garlic and allspice and cook for 30 seconds more.
3
Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the pumpkin.
4
Simmer gently until the pumpkin is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.
5
Ladle into warm bowls and top each with fresh thyme and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the allspice in the oil before adding anything wet.

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