Warm up with this delicious Pumpkin Soup and grilled Pesto Cheese Bread recipe.

Ingredients

Pumpkin Soup

• 1 large diced Leek (washed well)
• 800g peeled and deseeded Pumpkin cut evenly into chunks (Choose a sweet pumpkin variety either a Butternutt or Jap)
• 2L of Vegetable stock
• 200g Sweet Potato peeled and cut into chunks
• 400mls of good quality Coconut Cream or Coconut Milk

Grilled Basil Pesto & Cheese Bread

• Your favourite sliced bread (Sourdough is great) 
• Basil Pesto – Recipe can be found here  
• Your favourite firm Cheese

Method

Pumpkin Soup

1. Place the Leek, Pumpkin, Vegetable stock and Sweet Potato into a pot and bring it to boil, then simmer until very tender.
2. Add the Coconut Milk/Cream and blitz with a stick blender
3. Serve with Grilled Pesto/Cheese bread

Grilled Basil Pesto & Cheese Bread

1. Spread Pesto generously over sliced bread
2. Sprinkle with your favourite firm cheese
3. Pop it into the grill until lightly browned

Serves 5

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