{"id":119478,"date":"2016-04-22T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T08:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/119478\/amanda-a-mangia-7-variations-on-pumpkin-soup\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T10:22:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T08:22:37","slug":"amanda-a-mangia-7-variations-on-pumpkin-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/04\/22\/amanda-a-mangia-7-variations-on-pumpkin-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda A-mangia: 7 Variations on pumpkin soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s up to you whether you use pumpkin or butternut.\u00a0The texture of butternut is smoother and finer than pumpkin, and it&#8217;s sweeter.<\/p>\n<p>A homemade chicken stock is better, but\u00a0stock cubes or powder are fine. (Vegetable stock for vegetarians.)<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>INGREDIENTS<\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2kg butternut, cubed<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>2 large onions, chopped<\/p>\n<p>3 cloves of garlic, crushed<\/p>\n<p>Salt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p>500ml chicken stock<\/p>\n<p>250ml water<\/p>\n<p>1 tblsp melted butter<\/p>\n<p>250ml fresh cream<\/p>\n<p>6 VARIATIONS OF THE BASIC RECIPE ABOVE THAT YOU\u00a0CAN TRY<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\u00a0small green or red chillies,\u00a0depipped, finely chopped, fried with onion<\/li>\n<li>1 tblsp curry powder (strength according to taste)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup orange juice and 2 grated carrots<\/li>\n<li>1 tblsp ground ginger<\/li>\n<li>2 tblsps coriander, chopped, sprinkle on top before serving<\/li>\n<li>2 celery stalks, chopped, fried with onion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DIRECTIONS<\/p>\n<p>Peel and pip the butternuts, and cut into about 5cm square chunks. (Or buy it ready cubed.)<\/p>\n<p>Fry the onions and garlic in the melted butter in a saucepan on a moderate heat and cook until the onions are soft and transparent. Add chicken stock and stir until well mixed.<\/p>\n<p>Add the water and the cubes of butternut, and simmer until the soup is thick and all the ingredients are well-blended together, about 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>Liquidise with a blender or food processor. Add the cream and stir through.<\/p>\n<p>Reheat before serving.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='b4438501482ec703a9d738975d4013c6'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a chill in the air and it&#8217;s time for homemade pumpkin soup. Here are a few variations you can try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":119479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[10767,10768,10769,4009,10770],"class_list":["post-119478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-amanga-a-mangia","tag-butternut-soup","tag-pumpkin-soup","tag-soup","tag-variations-on-butternut-soup"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["Amanga A-mangia","butternut soup","pumpkin soup","soup","variations on butternut soup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}