Purèe of pumpkin

• ⏲️ Prep time: 15 min
• 🍳 Cook time: 60 min
• 🍽️ Servings: 10

Ingredients

• 100g celery, diced
• 100g onions, diced
• 100g leeks, diced
• 100g butter
• 2 litre chicken stock
• 12 white peppercorns, crushed
• 1kg pumpkin, peeled and diced
• salt
• 150ml cream
• 75g small pasta shells

Directions

1. Lightly cook celery, onions and leeks in the butter.
2. Add the stock and peppercorns, bring to the boil.
3. Add the pumpkin and simmer for 40 minutes.
4. Pass soup through a mill, then a fine strainer.
5. Reheat, correct seasonings, finish with cream.
6. Serve with a garnish of pasta shells poached in milk.