Pumpkin Soup

Nice and warming with a touch of all spice. Pumpkin soup is ideal for Halloween.

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion (chopped finely)
• 20 fluid oz chicken stock or vegetable stock
• small pumpkin peeled and cubed
• 20 fluid oz hot milk
• Pinch of allspice
• Salt and pepper
• Chopped parsley

Method

• Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a big saucepan and soften the onion in it.
• Add the stock and bring it to the boil.
• Add the pumpkin and simmer until tender.
• Allow to cool and put into a blender or food processor until smooth.
• Return to the saucepan and add the hot milk and all of the seasoning.
• Serve hot with the remaining butter stirred in at the last minute and garnished with the chopped parsley and croutons.
• If you are adventurous you could try and serve the soup in half a pumpkin shell.