Dalila Roglieri

Cream of pumpkin, ginger and thyme

Cream of pumpkin, ginger, thyme and tarallo grains with Peperolio Di Molfetta: it is a purely autumnal dish that respects the seasonality of the ingredients with a pinch of novelty.

Ingredients

To prepare it, a cream of pumpkin soup with potato and a base of celery, carrot, onion, thyme leaves and a light note of ginger is made. It is completed with tarallo grains, fresh parsley and "Di Molfetta" pepper oil

Opinion of the chef

The final touch of this cream of pumpkin, ginger and thyme is the extra virgin olive oil flavored with chilli: it is an oil with a spicy taste, ideal to accompany legumes and velvety

Nutritionist's advice

A traditional recipe from the period preceding winter and which enhances the main ingredient of this season. Pumpkin is a major source of naturally occurring vitamins A, B and C. The orange color reveals the conspicuous presence of beta-carotene, an antioxidant that acts against free radicals, takes care of the skin and counteracts its degeneration. A regenerating and very low calorie recipe.