House & Home - Pumpkin, Chestnut & Chorizo Soup

Ingredients

• 1 dried ancho chili
• 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 1⁄2 cups chopped white onion
• 1 medium carrot, diced
• 3 sticks celery, diced
• 1⁄4 cup sliced dry Spanish chorizo
• 2 tsp chopped fresh thyme
• 1⁄4 tsp ground cumin
• 1⁄4 tsp ground coriander seed
• 1⁄4 tsp ground fennel seed
• 1 cup unsweetened pumpkin purée
• 1 1⁄2 cups peeled chestnuts, coarsely chopped
• 2 pinches saffron threads
• 1 cup canned whole tomatoes, preferably San Marzano
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 3 tbsp sherry vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup crumbled fresh sheep’s milk cheese
• 1⁄2 cup toasted pumpkin seeds
• Good-quality olive oil for drizzling