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Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. Salt
  2. Water
  3. Butter
  4. Sugar
  5. Pumpkin
  6. Milk
Contains Milk Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Pumpkin High in vitamin A · Source of potassium · Source of protein

    High in vitamin A · 426 µg per 100 g, 53% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin A contributes to normal iron metabolism.
    • Vitamin A contributes to the maintenance of normal mucous membranes.
    • Vitamin A contributes to the maintenance of normal skin.
    3 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin A contributes to the maintenance of normal vision.
    • Vitamin A contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin A has a role in the process of cell specialisation.

    Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in many foods. Vitamin A is important for normal vision, the immune system, reproduction, and growth and development. NIH fact sheet

    Source of potassium · 340 mg per 100 g, 17% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Potassium contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Potassium contributes to normal muscle function.
    • Potassium contributes to the maintenance of normal blood pressure.

    Potassium is a mineral found in many foods. Your body needs potassium for almost everything it does, including proper kidney and heart function, muscle contraction, and nerve transmission. NIH fact sheet

    Source of protein · 1.0 g per 100 g, 15% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Pumpkin, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Add water to pumpkin, sugar, and butter, and cook slowly until very tender, adding a little more water if necessary.
  2. Pressthrough a sieve.
  3. Heat milk to boiling: add pumpkin, season with a very little salt;
  4. heat, and serve with croutons.
  5. Can be instantly prepared with canned pumpkin.
  6. This is a fast-day soup of Northern Italy, served by the peasants as a course of the light evening meal.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve