Croatian Green Pumpkin Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 green pumpkin, peeled cored and flesh shredded (i use a cheese shredder)
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 500 g sour cream
• 1 large cooking onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• paprika (optional)
• cayenne powder (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large soup pot place shredded pumpkin, add 2.5 cups of water. let pot boil and then reduce heat to medium-high and let cook for 30 minutes.
• 2 in a separate pan add olive oil, onion and garlic. cook until garlic and onion is cooked and lightly browned. once cooked set aside.
• 3 after 30 minutes turn off heat, add onion mixture and tub of sour cream to soup. add salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 you can eat the soup this way or you can blend it. i like it blended so the soup is creamy. i blend the soup and then put it back in the pot. i add paprika and cayenne (by taste).