Recipe for Pumpkin Soup

Cut the pumpkin or onion squash into slices. De-seed. Brush segments with oil and garlic. Place in the oven at 200 degrees for about 25 minutes. (The smell is fantastic).

Remove and dice - skin included.

Then fry onion and chilli. Add the diced pumpkin plus dried sage, plum tomatoes (whole), tinned tomatoes, chick peas and enough water to make it a soup. Simmer for 25 minutes.

Then, to serve, ladle into bowls and sprinkle handfuls of grated parmesan, flat-leaved parsley and smoked bacon bits. Season according to taste.

Delicious.

Autumn in a bowl, I promise you.

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"the kin at the hearth, the continual cauldron that feeds forth the earth, the heart that comes into being through the blood, the householder among his familiar animals, the beloved turning to his beloved in the dark ..."

('The Structure of Rime IV', Robert Duncan)