Italian
Pumpkin Soup
by Bruno Barbieri Chef · 513K subscribers on YouTube
Today an ultra-easy recipe: it's winter, it's cold, and it's the moment for pumpkin; in this period, in fact, pumpkin is at its best. So let's prepare a pumpkin soup, enriched with tasty and fragrant ingredients like pickled vegetable mix and marjoram... but not only! Let's go!
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
14 items- PumpkinWhole pumpkin, roasted
- Golden OnionFor sautéing
- Extra Virgin Olive OilExtra virgin olive oil
- Balsamic VinegarFor drizzling
- Verdura in GiardinieraMixed pickled vegetables, chopped
- Fiocchi di MaisCorn flakes
- MarjoramFresh marjoram
- CipolliniScallions or spring onions
- TurmericTurmeric powder
- GarlicGarlic clove, used for flavoring garnish
- SesameSesame seeds
- SaltSalt, to taste
- MascarponeFor the cream garnish
- BrothBroth, prepared a day ahead
Method
- Roast the whole pumpkin in the oven at 200°C for about an hour.
- In a pot, sauté the onion in olive oil.
- Add the roasted pumpkin and broth to the pot. Cook and then blend until smooth.
- Season the soup with turmeric and fresh marjoram.
- Prepare the giardiniera garnish: in a pan, sauté garlic in oil, then discard the garlic. Add corn flakes, sesame seeds, salt, and chopped pickled vegetables. Cook briefly.
- Prepare the mascarpone cream: mix mascarpone with chopped marjoram, a drizzle of olive oil, and a pinch of salt.
- Assemble the dish: spread the giardiniera garnish on a plate, pour the soup on top, add a quenelle of mascarpone cream, a few pieces of pickled vegetables, a drizzle of balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil, and finish with fresh marjoram leaves.
Bruno Barbieri Chef
Professional chef513K subscribers on YouTube62.7M total channel viewsIl canale ufficiale di Bruno Barbieri: video ricette, backstage, curiosità... questo e molto di più sul canale YouTube dello Chef italiano che ha conquistato in carriera il maggior numero di stelle Michelin: in tutto 7. Giudice di MasterChef Italia dalla prima edizione e conduttore di 4 Hotel. Viaggiatore instancabile, gira il mondo esibendosi in road show culinari, che ama definire “teatri di cucina”.
