Bacon, Pumpkin And Goats Cheese Soup
A yummy different take on good old pumpkin soup. There are so many versions of pumpkin soup on here, we could create a cookbook!
A perk from back in the day when I was a Royal Show Dairy Judge was taking home your weight in prize winning cheese, ice cream and yoghurt!
This recipe was created the year that I was lucky enough to bring home the most amazing ashed goats cheese and as usual we needed a quick lunch on Saturday, had some sensational speck and of course, the cheese, so this was a natural progression, and it was truly amazing! Please be sure to use a creamy, mild goats cheese, as opposed to a stronger more astringent variety. I am not a big goats cheese lover, but this was sensational.
We don't have many goats cheese recipes on here, but we certainly have loads of pumpkin soup recipes, and I actually think there is enough that we could create an ebook, watch out for that any day now. In the meantime, go and check out some of them right here:
Curried Butternut Pumpkin Soup
Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Rosemary
Roasted Pumpkin, Garlic And Sage Soup
Silky Smooth Pumpkin Soup with Roasted Onion Cream
Leek and Butternut Pumpkin Soup with Miso Butter
Need
- 100 Grams streaky bacon or speck (plus 1 rasher per serving extra for garnish)
- 1 brown onion peeled and halved
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 carrot, roughly chopped
- 600 Grams peeled pumpkin with seeds
- 600 Grams water
- 2 Tablespoons Chicken Stock Powder Recipe
- 140 Grams creamy and mild goats cheese
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) to toast pumpkin seeds BUY
Do
- 1
Fry bacon for garnish in a shallow frying pan until crisp. Set aside on paper towels to drain.
- 2
Place onion, garlic and remaining bacon into the Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 7. Saute 5 min/Varoma/speed 1.
- 3
Add carrot, pumpkin, reserving the seeds and chop 3-4 sec/speed 6. Add water and stock and cook 15 min/100°C/speed 2.
- 4
Add cheese and puree 10 sec/speed 8-9. Adjust seasoning as needed. If the cheese is salty you may not need any salt.
- 5
Fry the pumpkin seeds until starting to pop in a little EVOO.
- 6
Serve garnished with the fried bacon and toasted pumpkin seeds. (And a little micro herb never goes astray!)
Served with
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