Christina This insanely flavourful Creamy Vegan Roasted Pumpkin Cheese Soup tastes too good to be true! So delicious and cheesy, full of flavour, so creamy and smooth, super nutritious and low in calories. This soup is also filling and immensely satisfying! Perfect for autumn chilly days!
Quick and easy to make, it only requires 10 ingredients (not counting the salt and the pepper)!
One of the secrets for this soup to be so incredibly flavourful is to roast the pumpkin to perfection before adding it to the soup. The other secret is the addition of a combination of cashews and nutritional yeast. This gives it a cheese flavour that you’ll believe you’re eating a soup that actually contains cheese! This creamy soup it’s pretty pretty tasty!
If you’re interested in another soup recipe that you will surely love, you need to check out our Creamy Vegan Zucchini Cheese Soup (8 ingredients!). Here you can see it:
Crazy delicious, gluten-free, and can be made WFPB by simply skipping the extra virgin olive oil (although we recommend adding it for the best flavour experience).
Get ready for your new healthy addiction! This super simple recipe will impress vegans and non-vegans alike! So incredibly flavourful and savoury. Yum!
This Vegan roasted pumpkin soup will be a perfect addition to your holiday table all throughout autumn and winter.
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Creamy Vegan Roasted Pumpkin Cheese Soup
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 large 1,5 kg pumpkin, cut in half lenghtwise
- 1 dash Himalayan salt
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, skip the oil if WFPB
- 1/2 small red onion, chopped
- 2 medium parsnips, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 kg potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 vegetable broth cube
- 5 cups water
- 1 1/2 tbsp white miso paste
- 1/3 cup (heaped) cashews
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 3/4 cup nutritional yeast
- Sea salt, to taste
- Black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
Garnish
- vegan unsweetened soy yoghurt, recipe in our cookbook & e-book
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
- Homemade Croutons, recipe in our cookbook & e-book and below
Homemade Croutons
- 200 g rustic bread, cubed
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried dill
- 1 tsp dried chives
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 pinch black pepper, freshly ground
Instructions
- Cut the pumpkin in half lengthwise, sprinkle salt all over it, and place skin up on a parchment paper-lined baking tray.
- Bake at 400ºF/200ºC until it's golden and feels soft to the touch, about 30-50 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.
- In a large pot, over medium heat, heat the extra virgin olive oil. Once hot, stir in the chopped red onion and sauté until transparent.
- Stir in the roughly chopped parsnips, and potatoes, and sauté for 3-4 minutes, stirring.
- Add in the vegetable broth cube and water.
- Stir in the miso paste and cashews.
- Bring the pot to a boil, then reduce the heat to a low boil, and let it simmer for 30 minutes, half-covered with the lid.
- Remove the peel from the cooled roasted pumpkin halves.
- After 30 minutes have passed, stir in the roasted pumpkin, nutritional yeast, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Let simmer for 5 extra minutes and turn off the heat.
- Using an immersion blender, blend the soup inside the pot, until smooth and creamy.
- Cover the pot and let rest for 1/2 – 1 hour.
Garnish
Homemade Croutons
- In a non-stick skillet, over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil, and add the cubed bread, oregano, dill, chives, parsley, salt, and pepper.
- Fry on all sides until golden, for about 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Serve the soup into bowls and garnish with homemade croutons, a drizzle of vegan unsweetened soy yoghurt, and thinly sliced green onion. Enjoy, it's extremely satisfying and delicious!
Notes
- Store in the refrigerator, in a sealed container, for up to 4 days.
Nutrition
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This is such a beautiful and delicious soup. THE BEST PUMPKIN SOUP i’ve had. Thank you for another staple recipe!
This is the first time I made pumpkin soup by roasting the pumpkin instead of boiling it and it turned out amazing. So much better this way, thanks for this wonderful recipe!