Roasted Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Haitians moved to America and brought the pumpkin soup recipe, which is now specially made during Thanksgiving or to celebrate the harvest season. Whether it’s pumpkin carving for Halloween or pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, this squash is the flavour of the fall season.
It contains all the nutrition you need for the transition from warm weather to the cold, long nights ahead.

Recipe Variations

Adding a selection of fresh herbs, spices, and aromatics helps enhance the soup’s flavour. Here are some flavours that one can add to the pumpkin soup:

Roasting Pumpkin For Soup

Roasted pumpkins form the base of this soup. Roasting ingredients make them richer in flavour. It also makes the pumpkin flesh delightfully soft and easy to blend – perfect for soup or puree.

Cut the pumpkin into slices, and scoop out the seeds. (Quick note: wash and save the seeds to roast and eat as healthy bites.) Place it on a sheet pan or baking tray along with garlic, onion, and herbs (sage/thyme/rosemary/oregano) of your choice.

Season vegetables with salt, pepper, and drizzle olive oil. Roast the pumpkin for about 30 – 40 minutes (depending on the size of the pumpkin) in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celcius. You can roast the pumpkin in an air fryer, also. Like I do for my roasted pumpkin salad. After roasting, scoop out the tender pulp of the pumpkin and puree in the food processor or using a fork.

You can use this pumpkin puree to make vegan pumpkin pasta or curried pumpkin soup. Store it for a week in the refrigerator.

How To Make Soup

After roasting the vegetables add them to a saucepan along with vegetable stock.

Using a hand blender puree it to a smooth consistency. Turn on the heat. Add a splash of coconut milk or cream. Stir and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.

Taste and if required add more seasoning. Roasted Pumpkin Soup is ready to serve.

Serving Suggestion

Pumpkin Soup is gratifying by itself. However, everyone has their favourite side dish to serve with pumpkin soup. Here are a few of my suggestions for a side dish:

dinner rolls focaccia bread roasted garlic potatoes grilled cheese sandwich