Curried Apple and Pumpkin Soup

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• oven

Preheat the oven to 180 C.

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• ½ kg pumpkin
• 2 apple

Peel, deseed and chop the pumpkin and apples into bite-sized chunks. Cox apples work best but any large apple is fine.

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• 1 tbsp olive oil

Toss the pumpkin in 1 tbsp of olive oil then place on a roasting tin. Cook for 30 minutes then add the apple. Cook for another 30 minutes or so until soft and a little charred at the edges, turn them occasionally.

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• 1 cloves garlic
• 1 onions

While that’s roasting, finely chop the onions and peeled garlic.

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• saucepan

In a large saucepan, add the remaining tbsp of olive oil and once hot, fry the onions and garlic until the begin to soften.

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• ½ tbsp curry powder
• ½ tsp chili flakes
• salt
• pepper

Add the spices (curry powder and chilli flakes to suit your taste) and season with salt and pepper.

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• 350 ml vegetable stock

Once cooked, add the pumpkin and apple then pour in the vegetable stock and reduce to a simmer until the pumpkin is very soft.

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• pumpkin seed (for serving)

Whilst the oven is still hot (you can turn it off and just use the residual heat), toast the pumpkin seeds on a baking tray for a few minutes.

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• immersion blender

Using a hand immersion blender, blend the mixture in the pan until the soup has reached a smooth consistency. Add extra stock or water if it’s too thick and season again to taste. You can pour it all into a food processor if you don’t have an immersion blender.

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• crème fraîche (for serving)

Serve with a spoonful of crème fraiche in each bowl (or coconut yoghurt if you don’t have that) and sprinkle some of the toasted pumpkin seeds over the top.

Enjoy your meal!