Preheat oven to fan forced 200ºC and line a large baking tray with paper.
Prepare pumpkin and place on tray with garlic and drizzle with EVOO.
Cook for 20 minutes. Test for done-ness (is that a word?)…and if almost done, add sage leaves to the tray and cook for a further 5 minutes until fragrant. Cool.
Place roasted pumpkin, garlic and sage into TM bowl with all remaining ingredients except cream and garnish. Cook 8 min/80ºC/speed 2. Blend 30 sec/speed 7-8 by bringing speed up slowly. Add cream and blend 10 sec/speed 9.
Serve with additional roasted sage leaves and lemon parmesan wafers..which are optional but so good!
Serve with Lemon Parmesan Wafers and sage leaves as a garnish.