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KFC celeriac basil mashup

Saturday dinner. Leftover KFC with basil celeriac mash plus sweet potato and pumpkin mash.
Saturday dinner. Leftover KFC with basil celeriac mash plus sweet potato and pumpkin mash.

KFC celeriac basil mashup

The other day I was in a text message conversation with Dad. He and Mum eat pretty well, and by that I mean they eat lots of fruit and vegetables and their meals are not dominated by animal protein like that of their sons.

Dad mentioned he ate a couple of pieces of KFC hot and spicy chicken and said he enjoyed it. It had been some years since he had enjoyed any KFC at all.

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Roast pumpkin soup with blue cheese recipe

It may be a warm Spring evening but I had a kent pumpkin in the refrigerator and a wedge of blue cheese along with some streaky bacon. In my mind that meant roast pumpkin soup with blue cheese.

Usually I boil my pumpkin but for a really smoky sweet flavour, roasting the pumpkin for the soup makes a world of difference. 

Saturday dinner. Roast pumpkin soup with blue cheese. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 400
Saturday dinner. Roast pumpkin soup with blue cheese. NIKON D7100 with 90.0 mm f/2.8 at 90mm and f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 400

 

 This tasted so good 🙂 

 

Roast pumpkin soup with blue cheese recipe
 
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australia
Author: Gary Lum
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Cook time:
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Serves: 1
A sweet smoky roast pumpkin soup
Ingredients
  • Kent pumpkin
  • Streaky bacon
  • Blue cheese
  • Basil
  • Coriander
  • Fried spring onions
  • Pouring cream
  • Pepper
  • Salt
Instructions
  1. Roast the pumpkin at 150 Â°C for 1 hour
  2. Cut the streaky bacon into cross grain strips and put in the benchtop oven at 200 Â°C for 15 minutes
  3. In a bowl add the pumpkin and bacon plus some pouring cream
  4. Add some coriander and basil plus salt and pepper
  5. Blender with a stick blender (I use a Bamix) until smooth
  6. Heat to simmer and stir continuously
  7. Pour into a bowl
  8. Garnish with some basil and fried spring onion
  9. Shoot a photograph
  10. Inhale the soup
  11. Wash the dishes
  12. Write the recipe
  13. Blog (verb)
 

 

 
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