Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin halves roasted cut-side down until the flesh collapses against the spoon. Onion and garlic sweated slow in butter, deglazed with stock. The roasted pumpkin scraped in, simmered together, and blitzed to a silken purée. Finished with a swirl of cream, a grate of nutmeg, and toasted pumpkin seeds for crunch. The roast deepens the flavour beyond what a stovetop simmer can manage; do not skip it.
British