Family recipe, pumpkin cream soup.

My mother was telling me stories about the family when she said:          

-“You knew, in the past cream soups were made for supper”                               

-“And how?” I replied to her, since before there were no electric mixers.

She laughed and went on speaking:            

-“While we lay the table and continue talking, we are going to prepare a cream soup, which was very typical at my parents´ house; besides, it is very easy to prepare and only consists of two ingredients,  pumpkin and potatoes, which are cut into small dices”                      

– “To know the measure, it is very easy, half of one and half of another. We put them in the saucepan and fill with water, when it boils we add a pinch of sea salt and reduce heat. From time to time, we have to stir so that the ingredients go undoing”

- “You will see how a cream soup of more intense color is forming than when it is used an electric mixer. When it is ready, we prepare a stir-fried with sliced garlic and sweet  paprika , which is something very typical of Castilian cuisine; then, we pour it into the saucepan, stir and ready”. 

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