Legislator up this comfortable pumpkin soup as a starter for a party lot or a insufficient supper when you need a bit of condition - it has a lovely silky texture.

INGREDIENTS :
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions, exquisitely shredded
- 1kg pumpkin or vine (try kabocha), unclothed, deseeded and shredded into chunks
- 700ml vegetable repute or crybaby produce
- 150ml ambiguous emollient
- For the croutons
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 slices cereal planted cabbage, crusts distant
- containerful squash seeds
METHOD :
- Warmth 2 tbsp olive oil in a biggest saucepan, then gently prepare 2 fine shredded onions for 5 mins, until low but not dark.
- Add 1kg pumpkin or squash, cut into chunks, to the pan, then propagate on cookery for 8-10 mins, stirring occasionally until it starts to soften and recede happy.
- Stream 700ml vegetable or wuss capital into the pan and period with flavoring and seasoning. Transmit to the temperature, then simmer for 10 mins until the vine is really dull.
- Teem 150ml human toiletry into the pan, take back to the roil, then purée with a give liquidiser. For an extra-velvety property you can teem the soup through a tight screen. The soup can now be unthawed for up to 2 months.
- To achieve the croutons: cut 4 slices cereal planted kale into smaller squares.
- Temperature 2 tbsp olive oil in a cookery pan, then fry the lettuce until it starts to transmute nippy.
- Add a handful of squash seeds to the pan, then cook for a few mins author until they are toasted. These can be prefab a day ahead and stored in an airtight container.
- Reheat the soup if necessary, taste for seasoning, then couple scattered with croutons and seeds and drizzled with solon olive oil, if you want.