Pumpkin, Potato and Sage Soup
Ingredients; Half a pretty big pumpkin. A proper eating one, not a shit hallowe'en one. A big onion A stick of celery Loads of sage leaves Three bay leaves Three cloves of garlic Three small/medium potatoes 2 vegetable stock cubes Hot water Salt Pepper Olive Oil A bit of stale bread, from a loaf of sourdough. The end bit. If I'd sliced it when fresh it would have represented two good slices. A good amount of walnuts. Maybe 10 whole nuts. Whatever. Method Roast the pumpkin with some salt and oil, cut in slices, until it's over-cooked Fry the onion and celery, chopped up, in olive oil, for a good while. Put hot water in the pan, and add the potatoes, chopped up into bits, and the bay leaves. Then add the stock cubes, and cook it until the spuds are edible. Chop up the bread. If it's hard, soak it in water until it's not. Fry the garlic, in big bits, in olive oil. When it's a tiny little bit browm put it in a pestle and mortar, and bash it up into a paste, then...