Recipe - veloute
50 min
Average: 3.2 (6 votes)

Pumpkin velouté, cream cheese crackers and chives

When temperatures drop, what could be better than a bowl of soup?  

Here's a pumpkin velouté with cream cheese crackers for a cozy evening.  

Preparation time

25 min

Ingredients For

  • For the velouté
  • x 1
  • x 1
  • Butter
    Charentes-Poitou Butter PDO
  • Creme fraiche in a bowl
    Isigny Crème Fraîche & Bresse Crème Fraîche PDO
  • x 1
  • For the crackers
  • x 8
  • 5.30 oz

Preparation

1

Wash and dry the pumpkin. Cut in half, remove seeds and dice flesh.  

2

Peel and mince garlic and onion. Melt the butter in a casserole over medium heat and sauté the garlic and onion for a few minutes. Season with salt.  

3

Add the pumpkin cubes, stir and cook for a few minutes. Cover with water and cook for 25 minutes.  

4

Put the vegetables into the bowl of a blender and add a little cooking water. Blend and add water until desired consistency is reached. Add crème fraîche, salt and pepper.  

5

Spread crackers with cream cheese. Mince chives and sprinkle over cheese. Season with pepper.
Serve velouté in bowls with crackers. 

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