Pumpkin Soup With Meatballs

• 4 1/16 cups pumpkin deseeded, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 onion peeled and finely chopped
• 2 peppers red and green, deseeded, chopped
• 2 tomatoes diced
• 3 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 6 1/3 cups vegetable stock
• 2 sprigs parsley finely chopped
• 3 sprigs thyme finely chopped
• 2/3 pound sausage meat
• 7 tablespoons creme fraiche
• chopped parsley
• thyme

1. Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a saucepan and saute pumpkin, onion and peppers. Stir in tomato puree. Add stock and bring to a boil. Add herbs and simmer the soup for 15 mins. Meanwhile, shape sausage meat into small meatballs. Heat remaining oil in a pan and fry meatballs.
2. Remove two-thirds of the vegetables from the soup and set aside. Puree soup with a hand blender. Add diced tomatoes, reserved vegetables and meatballs to the soup and bring to a simmer. Season.
3. Serve soup in deep plates with a dab of creme fraiche (or sour cream). Garnish with parsley and thyme.

pumpkin, onion, peppers, tomatoes, sunflower oil, tomato puruee, vegetable stock, parsley, thyme, sausage meat, crueme fraueeche, parsley, thyme

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Pumpkin-Soup-with-Meatballs-1412599 (may not work)