German

Kuerbissuppe (Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seed Oil)

Name: Kuerbissuppe (Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seed Oil)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2.5 lb pumpkin, peeled and cubed; 1 onion, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 4 cups vegetable broth; 1/3 cup heavy cream; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 tbsp pumpkin seed oil (Kuerbiskernoel), for drizzling; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Jonas @jonas_koeln

Kuerbissuppe (Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seed Oil) is German home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

35 min Easy Heart healthy High fiber Vegetarian Pescatarian Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2.5 lb pumpkin, peeled and cubed
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 cups vegetable broth
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp pumpkin seed oil (Kuerbiskernoel), for drizzling
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot and cook the onion and garlic over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes.
Add the pumpkin and the vegetable broth, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, until the pumpkin is completely tender.
Puree the soup with an immersion blender directly in the pot, or in batches in a stand blender, until silky smooth.
Stir in the cream and season with the salt and pepper, warming gently for 2 minutes more.
Ladle into bowls and finish each with a swirl of pumpkin seed oil; this is the pot every German kitchen makes the week the first Hokkaido pumpkins show up at the market.

Watch how to cook Kuerbissuppe (Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seed Oil)

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Serve it with

A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kuerbissuppe (Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seed Oil), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Blumenkohl mit Butterbroeseln (Cauliflower with Browned Butter Crumbs)
  
  25 min
What it is eaten with
- Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Apfelmus (German Applesauce)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Kuerbissuppe (Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seed Oil) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Kuerbissuppe (Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seed Oil)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 270 kcal
Protein: 4 g
Carbs: 23 g
Fat: 18 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 10 g
Sodium: 1190 mg
Saturated fat: 6 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Kuerbissuppe (Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seed Oil) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the fall and winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.