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Molecular pumpkin soup with Traditional Balsamic Vinegar

Today’s recipe is an extremely original appetizer: molecular pumpkin soup with Traditional Balsamic Vinegar! This tasty appetizer is perfect to open a special dinner! Aren’t you curious to try it? Keep on reading!

Ingredients:

  • 500 grams of pumpkin
  • 200 ml of vegetable stock
  • 3 teaspoons of gellan gum
  • 10 cl of extra virigin olive oil
  • Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena to taste
  • 40 grams of pistachio nuts
  • 100 grams of pecorino flakes
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Procedure

Start by wrapping the pumpkin in aluminum paper.  Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, place the pumpkin in a baking tray and bake it for about 30 minutes.
After half an hour remove the pumpkin from the oven and let it cool; then put the pulp in a bowl with the help of a spoon. At this point, add salt and pepper, the pistachios and a little’ Balsamic Vinegar.

Take a pot and add the vegetable stock; bring it to a boil and add the seasoned pumpkin pulp. At this point, add the gellan gum and mix everything. Then bring the mixture to a boil again and let it boil for about 2 minutes. At this point, pour the mixture in 4 small cups and let it cool.

Meanwhile, take the sliced bread and fry it in a pan, or toast it with the toaster; in the meantime the soup in the cups will have reached a gelatified consistency: place it over the slices of sliced bread. Finally sprinkle with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil and the flakes of pecorino. The molecular pumkin soup is ready to be enjoyed!

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