Stew dish, fry in oil sliced onion/1inch ginger/2smashed garlic cloves/pinch of chilli-powder. Add pumpkin flesh, tin of tomatos/ fill with water & veg soup. Bring to boil & casserole in oven No.2 (enjoy ansabank for 2-3 hrs). Smells should now be permeating from oven....neighbors knocking for sample?
Fork mash pumpkin to thicken before serving with hot french bread and lashings of butter. Sprinkle coriander or chives to garnish soup.
I should have added above that there seems to be a mistake in the recipe, where it lists four cups of water and four cups of broth (ie stock). I just added the stock whilst cooking.
Granted, I did add a little water at the end, but that was because I had used quite a bit more pumpkin than the recipe suggested. Soup can always be easily thinned-down, but it's a bit harder to thicken it up!
I also just roasted the vegetables on a lightly-oiled tray, having no idea what parchment-paper is!
I didn't have onion-seeds either, Lore, so just left them out. I'm sure it made little difference.
I guessed it was probably greaseproof paper - and actually have some - but, for parchment paper, my dictionary says "unsized paper made tough and transparent by dipping in sulphuric acid"! That seemed like a dodgy chemical procedure to me, so I didn't risk it.
I had some more of the soup for lunch today...still delicious.
I tried terambulan's recipe tonight - without the ginger ( I've none in till I go shopping tomorrow) and, I subsituted veg soup for veg stock. It was very yummy :)
Next week I shall have a shot at yours, quizmonster... I intend to find the onion seeds first!