Halloween Classic "Perfect Pumpkin" – Steve Edge – Weekly Wisdom – 11th Oct 2011

A perfect pumpkin classic.

This week it’s Steve’s classic pumpkin-making story. Steve shows you what you need to safely transform a boring pumpkin into the most terrifying face on your road. And it’s not only the pumpkin that gets scarier…

When you’ve finished try this recipe out…

Roasted Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients
4 medium cloves garlic, unpeeled
1kg peeled, deseeded pumpkin
1 tablespoon (20ml) oil
1 large (about 160g) onion, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 litre (4 cups) vegetable or chicken stock* Cream, for serving Ground nutmeg, for serving

Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius (170 degrees fan-forced).

1. Chop pumpkin into even-sized pieces (larger pieces will require a longer roasting time). Place pumpkin and unpeeled garlic cloves in a baking tray/dish, drizzle with three teaspoons of the oil and toss to coat with oil.
2. Bake for 20 minutes, then remove the garlic so that it doesn’t overcook. Continue baking pumpkin until tender and cooked through. Keep an eye on the pumpkin to ensure it doesn’t burn.
3. Heat remaining teaspoon of oil in large (at least 2.7 litre capacity) saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, nutmeg, cumin, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, for one minute.
4. Add pumpkin and stock and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until onion is soft and stock has reduced, about 20 minutes. The more the stock reduces, the thicker the soup will be.
5. Peel roasted garlic and add to saucepan. We allow the soup to cool for about half an hour before pureeing in batches in a blender. Be careful if pureeing the soup while it is still very hot.
6. Serve the soup hot. Top with a drizzle of cream and a sprinkle of nutmeg, if desired.

Filed in Steve Edge World, Weekly Wisdom by Steve Edge Design. 8 comments

Marie

October 12th, 2011 at 9:22 am

Wow, an artist and a chef! I never knew!

Alvin Edyvane

October 12th, 2011 at 11:25 am

Now that was funny!!! keep it crazy Steve!!!

Meghan Walsh

October 12th, 2011 at 11:29 am

love the lipstick steve! hahaha.

can’t wait to get pumpkin creative! not long now… 😀

lots of love x

Elliott Jameson

October 12th, 2011 at 3:50 pm

Hahahahaha. I need to get my hands on that outfit for Halloween!

Dave

October 12th, 2011 at 9:21 pm

Great job Steve, mad, but brilliant!
Will give that recipe a shot too I think

Theo

October 25th, 2012 at 2:02 pm

Lovin’ it all, Steve (and those orange lava lamps are just too damn cool!)

Manuel Schupp

October 31st, 2012 at 3:53 pm

i love your classics Steve

Justin Rickwood

October 31st, 2013 at 3:38 pm

Thank you for sharing your ‘carvery’ and culinary genius! I’m off to buy a pumpkin and some guy-liner.

Halloween Classic "Perfect Pumpkin" – Steve Edge – Weekly Wisdom – 11th Oct 2011

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