Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autumn. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Baked Pumpkin Soup in a Pumpkin Shell

This creamy and flavorful baked soup is one of my very favorite recipes to cook in Autumn.

Ingredients
 
1 medium sized pumpkin
5 slices of toasted sourdough bread
1.5 cups grated gruyere cheese
16 oz chicken stock
8 oz heavy cream
1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Using a sharp and sturdy knife, cut out a lid from the pumpkin top and set aside. Scoop out the pumpkin guts and seeds, but leave the walls of the pumpkin thick and intact. Now place the pumpkin in a deep round casserole dish.

Toast the sourdough bread to a golden brown color. Rip the toast into bite-size pieces and place a layer inside the pumpkin. Cover the toast with a layer of the grated gruyere. Repeat the layering until you have used up all the toast and cheese. Sprinkle the mixture with the salt and pepper. Now pour in the heavy cream, followed by the chicken stock. Place the lid back on the pumpkin.

Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees, then remove the lid from the pumpkin and bake for another 30 minutes or so, until golden brown. Enjoy!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Bowl of Cranberries


Bowl of Cranberries
Originally uploaded by pixelish

So here is a little bit of a different shot. I'll use this one in the book, I think. Beautiful light, unusual setting with lots of negative space. The "drabware" bowl really fits in with the environment here. Loving the light!

Oh, and my book... it's called Food Styling and Photography for Dummies (Wiley and sons Publishing). It's due out in April 2012 and is available for pre-order in Europe and Asia so far. Here's a link to the UK site - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Styling-Photography-Dummies-Alison-Parks-Whitfield/dp/111809719X

So excited!