Leek and pumpkin soup with lime
Leek and pumpkin soup with lime

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This soup is anything but: it's made with a base of onion, garlic, chilli, coriander root, ginger and, of course, turmeric. It's cooked with split red lentils for protein, making it more substantial. Blitzed up, this soup is finished with coconut cream, and lime juice to cut the sweetness.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have leek and pumpkin soup with lime using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Leek and pumpkin soup with lime:
  1. Take large leek, halved lengthwise and chopped
  2. Take butter
  3. Make ready salt and pepper
  4. Prepare garlic, minced
  5. Get zest of 1/2 lime
  6. Make ready pumpkin purèe
  7. Take milk
  8. Take water
  9. Take juice of 1/2 lime
  10. Take nutmeg (optional)

Add the leeks, onions, celery, and carrots, cook until they are fragrant and the veggies have softened. Season with a small pinch of salt and add the garlic, continue to cook until the garlic is fragrant. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the onion, celery and potatoes. Chop the leek and wash it well, then add to the pot and stir well.

Instructions to make Leek and pumpkin soup with lime:
  1. Melt butter in pot over medium heat. Add leeks, garlic, and lime zest, and season with salt and pepper. Cook until very soft, for about 15 minutes.
  2. Stir in the pumpkin purèe, and add milk and water. Turn the heat to medium-high; when it starts to boil, turn down the heat to medium-low and simmer for about 20 minutes.
  3. Blend the soup with a hand blender. Stir in lime juice and nutmeg, and season with salt to taste. Serve with lime wedges and a dollop of crème fraîche, if desired.

They should be pale, not golden. Melt the butter in a heavy, broad-bottomed saucepan, add the onion, season and sauté over a gentle heat until soft and golden. Add the ginger, chilli and chipotle paste and cook for another couple. Allow to cool slightly and scrape out pumpkin flesh. Serve garnished with a spoonful of the cooked rice, a dollop of sour cream, a little blue cheese and fresh thyme leaves.

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