Halloween Leftovers

November 16th - I'd meant to try making a pumpkin pie this year for the first time because one of my colleagues at work makes an absolutely awesome pie with a gorgeous texture and a beautiful flavour of cinnamon. It's a delight. Anyway, you know what they say about the best laid schemes..... The pumpkin sat sad and lonely on the top of the fridge and Halloween and passed a fortnight before. Another Internet trawl yielded a recipe for Pumpkin Soup.  A couple of onions were chopped and gently fried before adding the chopped pumpkin and sweating a bit more. Then some chicken stock (or water and veg. stock) added and the whole lot simmered until tender. Finally the soup was blitzed and double cream added. I even managed the croutons and a dash of chilli oil on the top to spice it up. Lush. And I promise to try the pumpkin pie next year.