Garlic Roasted Pumpkin Food

GARLIC ROASTED PUMPKIN

Steps:

• Peel and cut pumpkin to about the size of 1/2 med potato.
• Place into an ovenproof dish. Drizzle olive oil over pumpkin pieces. Add crushed garlic, course ground salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
• Toss to coat the pumpkin evenly.
• Bake in oven on 210°C for approx 30 minutes or until pumpkin is soft and golden.

ROASTED PUMPKIN SOUP WITH ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Cut the pumpkin into wedges and then into about 3cm cubes.
• Toss in olive oil, salt and pepper in a roasting tin.
• Cut the top off a head of garlic and drizzle a little oil over the cloves.
• Wrap the garlic in tin foil and add to the pumpkin.
• Roast at 200C for 30 minutes or until the pumpkin is soft.
• Meanwhile, coarsely chop the onion, celery and carrot and fry until the onion is translucent.
• Add the ground cumin and fry briefly.
• Add the water, Worcestershire sauce (a couple of shakes of the bottle), salt, pepper and chili (if you like a bit of heat in your soup).
• Bring to the boil and then reduce to simmer for 15 minutes.
• Remove the skin from the cooked pumpkin.
• Squeeze out the roasted garlic and add to the soup along with the pumpkin. You may need to add some water at this stage to just cover the vegetables.
• Simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Blend with a stick blender and adjust the seasoning to taste.
• You may also need to add yet more water if the soup is too thick. I like my soup really thick. My kids used to eat this by spreading it on their bread instead of dipping the bread in the soup!