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Peasant-style pumpkin soup: the best recipe
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By Claire Beaumont, the Technique desk · 9d ago · United States · 1 min ·

Peasant-style pumpkin soup: the best recipe

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Ingredients · Servings 4 people
  • 0.25 pumpkin if it's large, or 1/2 if the pumpkin is small
  • 2 cubes of low-fat chicken stock
  • 6 potatoes
  • 200g of bacon bits
  • 4 tablespoons of crème fraîche
Method · 1 h 20 min
  1. Boil a pot of water and add the two chicken stock cubes.
  2. Peel the pumpkin and cut it into pieces. Do the same for the potatoes.
  3. Cook for 45 minutes. Blend the soup, add the cream, and blend again.
  4. Boil the bacon in a saucepan of water to render the fat. Then add it to the soup and simmer for a few minutes.
  5. A real treat!

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