Yeto's Superb Pumpkin and Goat Cheese Soup

This one appeared in the Zelda game Twilight Princess, in the Snowpeak temple as a soup that Yeto makes for his sick wife, Yeta. The soup, thanks to it's reekfish base, has healing properties that increase as Link finds more ingredients to add throughout the temple, namely a pumpkin and goat cheese from Link's hometown, Ordon. I took a basic pumpkin soup and made some modifications. I decided to make the fish stock and the filet optional because while I think pumpkin and goat cheese are a match made in heaven (or Hyrule), fish and pumpkin and goat cheese might seem like a strange mix for some. Fish or no fish, this soup makes for a perfect winter dinner!

Ingredients

2 pounds seeded and peeled pumpkin or kabocha, diced

¾ cup white onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic, cloves cut into quarters

4 ½ cups fish stock (alternative: chicken or vegetable stock)

½ cup Goat Cheese or as desired

1 ¼ cups cream (optional)

Fresh basil

¼ cup olive oil

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

1 Salmon filet (any fish will do) (optional) Directions Toss pumpkins, onions, and garlic with a bit of olive oil. Roast until everything is soft and has nice browned edges. Place the roasted items in a soup pot and turn to medium heat. Add 3/4 of the stock and simmer for up to 45 minutes, or until fully cooked. Put in a food processor and blend until smooth. Blend in small amounts of the goat cheese along with the cream if desired. Adjust thickness with the leftover stock. Add more cream if desired and finish seasoning with basil, salt, and pepper. If you add a filet of fish, pan-fry it separately with oil, salt and pepper, then add it to the soup.

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