Pumpkin And Tomato Soup For Halloween

This super easy pumpkin and tomato soup is a great way to use up that pumpkin flesh and the perfect supper on a chilly Autumnal night.

Pumpkin and Tomato Soup

It’s Halloween and the shops are packed with pumpkins so I just had to make this simple pumpkin and tomato soup.

I even managed to serve it to Idgy in one of those mini pumpkins after I’d removed the flesh. Looks cute I know but a bit of a faff, anyway it’s Halloween so you have to go for it with those pumpkins.

Ingredients for pumpkin and tomato soup

• 1 kilo/2 1/2lb pumpkin flesh
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• 1 fresh red chilli
• 1 litre/1 3/4 pints chicken (or veggie) stock
• salt & pepper to taste

How to peel a pumpkin

Chop the pumpkin in half and remove the seeds (save these for roasting) and clear out all the stringy stuff.

Cut the flesh into big chunks and then smaller pieces (about 4cm/2″ square) as these are easier to deal with.

Now you can slice off the skin. This just saves you wrestling with big unwieldy pieces of slippery pumpkin and a sharp knife.

How to make pumpkin and tomato soup

Peel and chop the onion and sweat it in the olive oil until tender but don’t brown it. Toss in the pumpkin. Chop the chilli and add this to the pan.

Add the chicken/veggie stock and bring up to the boil. Lower the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes. You want the pumpkin to be completely soft and tender.

Stir in the chopped tomatoes and salt and pepper to taste and cook for a further 10 minutes.

Use either a potato masher or stick blender to cream the soup a bit. I like a textured soup so I just used a potato masher. Serve in cute little scooped out carved pumpkins and add a drizzle of olive oil and a few crushed dried chilli flakes.

Can you freeze this pumpkin and tomato soup?

Yes, simply let the soup cool then pack into freezer proof containers and freeze for up to 3 months. Defrost and make sure it’s piping hot when you serve it

Don’t throw away the pumpkin flesh when carving those pumpkins this year, make some tasty pumpkin and tomato soup instead.

Yum!

Looking for more pumpkin recipes? Then check these out before you go;

Pumpkin preserve/jam

Perfect pickled pumpkin

Pumpkin and coconut soup with fresh basil

and why not check this out too

All you ever wanted to know about pumpkins and how to use them

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