Pumpkin Soup with Rice

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Ingredients:
  • 1 large onion,peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 stalk of celery,trimmed and finely chopped
  • 1 large carrot,scraped and finely chopped
  • 2 oz(60g) bacon rashers,chopped
  • 2 oz(60 g) butter
  • 1 1/2 lb pumpkin,seeded,skin on,cut into chunks
  • 3 pints(1.7 l) chicken stock
  • 1 garlic clove.peeled and crushed
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 6 oz(180g) long grain rice,washed
  • 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Pumpkin Soup with Rice

1.Melt the butter in frying pan.
2.Add onion,celery,carrot and bacon.
3.Fry for 5 minutes,stirring occasionally.
4.Add pumpkin chunks and fry,stirring, for additional 5 minutes.
5.Add chicken stock,garlic,salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
6.Reduce the heat.
7.Add the rice to the soup.
8.Bring to a boil and simmer for 15-20 minutes,until rice is tender.
9.Stir in Parmesan cheese and adjust seasoning.
10.Pour pumpkin soup with rice into serving bowls.
11.Serve soup with bread sticks.

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