Harvest Time Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients

 * 1 small pie pumpkin, cleaned out
 * 2 potatoes
 * 2 carrots
 * 1 onion, finely chopped
 * 2 cloves garlic, crushed
 * olive oil
 * fresh parsley, basil, thyme, chopped
 * salt and pepper
 * 4 tbsp cream
 * 2 tbsp butter
 * 2 tbsp soy sauce, (optional)
 * sour cream
 * chives, chopped

Directions

 * 1) Cut pumpkin, potatoes and carrots into pieces and steam until tender.
 * 2) Remove peel from pumpkin. Save steaming water.
 * 3) Sauté onion and garlic in a little olive oil until transparent.
 * 4) Purée onion, garlic and vegetables in a food processor, adding reserved water. Return the purée to a saucepan and add spices, salt and pepper, cream, butter and soy sauce.
 * 5) If soup is too thick, thin with a little water, milk or chicken stock.
 * 6) Heat but do not boil.
 * 7) Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and chives.