Pumpkin Soup With Cropwell Bishop Stilton & Crispy Bacon

Ingredients

• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 Large onion, sliced
• 300g Potato, peeled and chopped
• 750g Peeled and chopped pumpkin or butternut squash
• 1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 Teaspoon ground ginger
• Pinch ground nutmeg
• 900ml Chicken or vegetable stock
• 4 Tablespoons double cream, optional
• Salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 6 Rashers streaky bacon, chopped
• 150g Cropwell Bishop Blue Stilton, crumbled
• 2 Tablespoons freshly chopped chives