Maggie Beer’s Pumpkin and Chickpea Soup Recipe

I was watching a morning show on TV this week when Maggie Beer popped up to discuss the success of her online cooking videos because of the surge in home cooking during lockdown. One of the hosts mentioned Maggie’s pumpkin and chickpea soup video and I was in - I had the ingredients, it sounded delicious and I was good to go.I am not a huge lover of soup, but I really enjoyed this soup. It had a nice kick of spice, and the chickpeas gave it body.If you like pumpkin soup, try this:800g pumpkin, peeled and chopped400g can chickpeas200g brown onion, diced2 cloves garlic, diced1L chicken stock5 tablespoons olive oil1 tablespoon verjuice (I skipped this)1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 teaspoons ginger1/4 teaspoon paprika2 teaspoons salt2 tablespoons olive…