Bacon & pumpkin soup

Name: Bacon & pumpkin soup | Asda Good Living
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 6 rashers streaky bacon; 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 15g butter; 1 medium red onion, chopped; 500g pumpkin (weighed without skin, seeds or fibre), cubed; 1 potato, peeled and cubed; 150g split red lentils, rinsed; 1.2 litres hot vegetable stock; 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme; 4 tbsp crème fraîche

The crème fraîche gives the soup a lovely sharp edge, but you can leave it out if you like.

By Asda Good Living,21st September 2015

(7 votes)

Cook: 1 Hour 5 Mins

Serves: 6

Price: 95p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 388g serving contains

Energy
1269kj
303kcal

15%

Fat
18g

Med
26%

Saturates
9.3g

Med
47%

Sugars
4.2g

Low
5%

Salt
1.8g

High
29%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
327kj/78kcal

Ingredients

6 rashers streaky bacon

1 tbsp sunflower oil

15g butter

1 medium red onion, chopped

500g pumpkin (weighed without skin, seeds or fibre), cubed

1 potato, peeled and cubed

150g split red lentils, rinsed

1.2 litres hot vegetable stock

1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme

4 tbsp crème fraîche

Method

Chop 4 rashers of bacon. Heat the oil and butter and cook the onion and bacon until the onion is soft and the bacon is cooked.

Add the pumpkin, potato, lentils, stock and thyme, and season with pepper. Don't add salt yet; you may not need it. Cover with a lid and gently simmer for 30 minutes.

Purée with a hand-held blender in a processor until fairly smooth.

Meanwhile, grill the rest of the bacon until crisp and break into small pieces. Stir the crème fraîche into the soup and reheat, taking care not to boil. Serve sprinkled with bacon.