Squash Soup ( velouté au potimarron)

ingredients:

1/2 or 1 whole small potimarron ( about 350 grams) squash
about 1 liter of water


1 tablespoon of mice parsley
2 cloves of mice garlic
1 small onion and 2 small shallot, cut finely
2 tablespoon of squash oil or raisin oil (or any)
 a pinch of curry powder
a small cube of butter (15g)
salt, black pepper to taste
1to 2 dl fresh cream
few squash grain for the deco

instructions:

Cut the squash to halves , remove the seeds and peel. Cut it into small squares.
Put water in the casserole, add salt and boil the water. Add the squash and cook until tender.
Separate the squash and the juice from cooking .Keep the juice for further use.

In a pan, put the oil and warm it a bit, add the garlic,shallot and onion, let it fry rapidely without burning.
Add the cooked squash and parsley, add half of the cooking juice that you set aside.Mix it all together by using an electric mixer. Add black pepper, a pinch of curry and the butter.  Add the other half of the juice from cooking, if necessary add a bit more water to rectify the texture of the soup. Add more salt if you wish to rectify the taste.

Beat fresh cream to mousse. Put a teaspoon of cream mousse on the top of the soup and few squash grain as deco..Serve warm.