Whole Roast Pumpkin Soup | The BBQ Barn

Ingredients

• 1 x 4.5-5.5kg Jap pumpkin, whole
• 1 brown onion, roughly sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, whole, peeled
• 1 tbsp tablespoon olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
• ½ tsp teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ tsp teaspoon ground coriander
• ½ tsp teaspoon paprika
• 4 slices crusty bread, roughly diced
• 8 rashers of bacon
• 2 cups cups chicken stock
• Sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 4 tbsp tablespoons thickened cream, to serve
• Finely chopped fresh parsley leaves