The Hunger Games Creamy Pumpkin Brew Recipe

The Hunger Games features a range of food references; understandably so, when you consider the theme. Today, we’re sharing a recipe for the pumpkin soup Katniss eats in the Capitol during the Victory Tour.

‘My resolve is almost immediately broken at the first table, which has twenty or so soups, when I encounter a creamy pumpkin brew sprinkled with slivered nuts and tiny black seeds. “I could just eat this all night!” I exclaim.’

Since it’s Fall, pumpkins are abound so there’s no better time to make this recipe. Serve it as an appetiser for lunch or dinner.

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Creamy Pumpkin Soup

A smooth, velvety pumpkin brew.

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Ingredients

• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions finely chopped
• 1 kg pumpkin peeled, deseeded and chopped into chunks
• 700 ml chicken stock
• 140 ml double cream
• 1 handful poppy seed
• 1/4 cup skinless almonds chopped

Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 4 tbsp olive oil 2 onions finely chopped 1 kg pumpkin peeled, deseeded and chopped into chunks 700 ml chicken stock 140 ml double cream 1 handful poppy seed 1/4 cup skinless almonds chopped

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Instructions

1. Heat the olive oil and sauté the onions for five minutes.
2. Add the pumpkin and toss for ten minutes.
3. Add the chicken stock and stir well.
4. Season with the salt and pepper.
5. Allow the mixture to come to a boil and then turn down to simmer.
6. Add the cream and bring to boil again.
7. Take out of the pan and puree.
8. Sieve into a bowl.
9. Sprinkle the poppy seeds and almonds over the soup.
10. Serve and enjoy.