Spider Web Pumpkin Soup
How to make a quick and easy pumpkin soup decorated with a spooky yogurt spiderweb. Fun and healthy Halloween recipe for kids.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
For the Soup
- 2 small onions
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 cooking pumpkin or medium sized butternut squash
- 2 large carrots
- 1 Tbsp mild curry powder
- 2 vegetable stock cubes
To Serve
- 150 ml natural yogurt
Instructions
- Peel and roughly chop the onion.
- In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil then gently cook the onions over a low-medium heat until translucent.
- Meanwhile, de-seed, peel and chop the pumpkin or squash into rough cubes. Peel the carrot and roughly chop.
- Add the pumpkin and carrot to the pan and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the curry powder and cook for a further minute or so until fragrant.
- Crumble in the two stock cubes and pour over boiling water until the vegetables are just covered in the pan.
- Bring to the boil and cook for 15-20 minutes until the vegetables are cooked through.
- Whizz with a stick blender until smooth.
- When ready to serve, ladle the soup into bowls.
- Spoon natural yogurt into a disposable piping bag or freezer bag.
- Snip off the corner of the bag, then pipe a spiral of yogurt onto the top of each bowl of soup.
- Working from the middle, drag a cocktail stick through the surface of the soup to create a spider web effect.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!