Pumpkin, Chestnut and Maple Soup

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Pumpkin, chestnut and maple soup
Featuring Pure Maple Syrup
4 portions

Ingredients

  • 500g – 600g pumpkin or butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 3 tbsp pure maple syrup (preferably golden colour for its delicate flavour)
  • 180g pre-cooked chestnuts
  • 1 litre vegetable stock
  • 150ml double cream plus extra for garnish
  • 30g hazelnuts, rough chopped
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • Handful chopped chives for garnish

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4
  2. Put the pumpkin or butternut squash onto a baking tray, drizzle with oil, season with salt and pepper and bake for 30 – 35 minutes until soft
  3. In a large pan, boil vegetable stock then transfer pumpkin from oven to pan and add chestnuts
  4. Continue to cook together for a further 5 – 10 minutes reducing liquid by a third, take off the heat and stir through maple syrup and cream
  5. Meanwhile, dry-fry hazelnuts in a pan to toast and set aside
  6. Pour the pumpkin mixture into a blender or food processor and select the “pulse” setting. Pulse until a smooth consistency is formed
  7. To serve, garnish with hazelnuts, chopped chives and drizzle with extra maple syrup and double cream as desired

The complementary flavours of pumpkin, chestnut and maple syrup make for a delicious vegetable soup. This pumpkin soup recipe is simple, hearty and best served with warm, buttery bread.

The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers are not in any way responsible for the identification or presence of allergens in recipes or for the classification of any recipe as vegetarian or vegan.

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More about maple

The colour and flavour of maple syrup changes in subtle ways during the seasonal harvest

At the start of the sugaring season, the syrup is generally clear, with a light, sweet taste. It becomes darker with a caramelised flavour as the season progresses throughout the spring.

An unopened can of maple syrup keeps for many years

Once the can is opened, syrup should be kept in an airtight container in a cool place.

Maple spread doesn't contain any butter or dairy products

Like all 100% pure maple products, maple spread comes from the sap of the maple tree — that’s all.

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