Pumpkin

I love to eat pumpkin and since its hard to find any ready cooked pumpkin soup here,try to cook it by my own.By the way,pumpkin is a good source of vitamin C:)
bought this pumpkin from the tamu ground(market) and only used half of it,still thinking what 2do with the other half.Nevermind,keep it in the fridge 1st.^^

Here is the list of the ingredients:
Serve 7-8 ppl
Creamy Pumpkin Soup
1kg pumpkin(cut into small pieces & bake it)
1 onion (sliced)
1 tbsp butter
3 garlic clove (peeled)
1700ml water
1 tbsp chicken stock
2tbsp of cream(i use whipping cream)

1/Cook the onion & garlic with butter and brown slightly.
3/Add in the peeled baked pumpkin & water.
4/Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes
5/Season the soup with salt n pepper and remove from heat.
6/Bring in the soup into a blender and blend the soup.Add in the cream at this moment and continue to blend.You'll need to do this in batches or else your blender will b overflow.
7/Transfer the blended soup into another pot or bowl.
8/Pour the soup in a bowl,sprinkle some baked croutons and serve~~


for the Croutons(bread crumble):
a pinch of nutmeg,cinnamon
1tbsp sugar
1tbsp olive oil
2-3 slices of wholemeal bread(cut into small cubes)

1/Preheat the oven to 180'C.
2/Sprinkle the bread into a tray and sprinkle the nutmeg,cinnamon,sugar and olive oil and mix well.
3/Bake for 7minutes till brown and crispy.