Pumpkin Soup

750g pumpkin
150g butter
1 onion chopped
3 bacon rashes chopped
1 litre water
1 chicken Stock cube, crumbled
1/4 cup cream

 

Remove skin and seeds from pumpkin, cut in small peices.
 

Melt butter in large saucepan, add onion and bacon, stir constantly until soft. 

Add pumpkin to pan, then water and stock cube, bring to boil. 

Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for approx 30 mins until pumpkin is tender. 

Remove pan from stove. Blend or process mixture until smooth. 

Return mixture to pan, stir in cream, and reheat without boiling.