Potage Lyonnais (pumpkin Soup Lyon-style)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 medium pumpkin
• 4 medium potatoes
• 250 ml creme fraiche
• 150 g emmenthaler cheese or 150 g swiss cheese
• 30 g butter
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 cut the pumpkin into chunks and peel them.
• 2 peel the potatoes. cut them into pieces.
• 3 melt the butter in a large pot.
• 4 put the pieces of pumpkin and potatoes stirring every couple of minutes, then cover with water and cook until the pumpkin is tender.
• 5 meanwhile, cut the emmental into small pieces.
• 6 when the pumpkin and the potatoes are cooked, puree them into a soup. season well, add the cream and put on low heat, stirring until the first bubbles. remove from heat.
• 7 divide the cheese cubes in bottom of soup plates, pour the soup on top, add a little cream and serve immediately.