We cook the pumpkin puree soup. Recipe

Pumpkin cream soup ? The recipe for this dish is not taken seriously by anyone, although cultivation of this culture is no longer a rarity. Now it became known that the pumpkin contains in its pulp such a rich vitamin-mineral arsenal, which can boast not many vegetables and fruits. Up to 90% of the pulp is water, and the remaining 10% includes proteins, carbohydrates, glucose with fructose and sucrose, carotene and a large number of vitamins and minerals. According to its dietary properties, the pumpkin is one of the first places among plant products necessary for a person to live. Only 23 kcal contains 100 grams of pumpkin pulp, which makes it unique for use in children's and dietary foods. Therefore, I want to consider in this article several options for its use.

Pumpkin cream soup . The recipe for making such soup-mashed potatoes is simple. And the most inexperienced mistress can handle it. The following products are required for its preparation:

• Pumpkin - 800 g;

• Onions and carrots - 2 pcs .;

• Cream or sour cream - 150 g;

• Vegetable oil, salt, garlic, ginger - as needed.

Wash and clean vegetables. Cut and lightly fry. Add 1 liter of hot water and finely ground ginger to the contents. Cook for 15-18 minutes until cooked. Grind everything with a mixer, pour in the cream. Serve with croutons or croutons, decorated with greens.

Preparing soup puree from a pumpkin, the recipe can always be improved, focusing on your taste. Sometimes the soup can turn out slightly sweet (depends on the type of pumpkin). So to speak, dessert. In this case, you can give one simple tip. Harden salt and add a little sour and spices. And instead of ginger, you can try to put rosemary and a simple, banal pepper. Believe me, the replacement will be quite adequate. Coriander, celery, nutmeg - all this can become one of the highlights of this dish. Choose the mistress herself. When serving, you can sprinkle with pumpkin seeds or chopped nuts (cedar or walnut).

So you can easily make pumpkin soup, the recipe of which, for sure, will be to the liking of many housewives, for its simplicity, the possibility of varying the ingredients when preparing and serving. Beautifully designed, it can become the highlight of the program, if the hostess wants to surprise her guests. After all, this dish is not even served in all restaurants.

It will be interesting to offer readers a pumpkin puree, the recipe of which is as simple and no less refined. Although few of the hostesses can boast that this dish is a frequent guest on their table.

You can prepare mashed potatoes in three main ways.

Using a microwave. After adding a little water, the crushed pumpkin should be placed for 8-10 minutes in a microwave oven, and then mash until a puree state.

Baking in the oven. Form with cut pieces of pumpkin tightly covered with foil and put in the oven. Ready to grind the baked pumpkin in puree.

Boiling the pumpkin. Traditional way of cooking any vegetable puree. Large pieces of boiled pumpkin until ready and crushed in puree with a fork or tolkushka.

The resulting puree is added with salt, cream and, if desired, spices. Serve with croutons, sprinkle with herbs. The dish can be served as the main dish or as a side dish to the meat. In this case, you can cook pumpkin puree with the addition of potatoes (25-33%).

Pumpkin puree can be used as a sweet filling when baking pies, rolls or muffins.

And, of course, do not forget that pumpkin puree with the addition of any fruit or vegetables is valuable with its unique set of vitamins and useful micro and macro elements and is quite suitable for baby food, starting from 7-8 months. Adding pumpkin puree when preparing porridges, it should be remembered that porridge is fiber, and pumpkin - elements and vitamins, so necessary for the child's body.

Pumpkin is a valuable and useful product, and let it become a frequent guest on your tables. Joy and health to all of you.