Saffron squash & carrot soup with youvarlakia (tiny meatballs)

ambercup squash

See the Greek version of this postThere is something about London in November that just makes me ache for hearty soups and curling up on the sofa with thick socks. It’s not so much the cold – it gets worse over December and January. It is all about the sharp smell of the cold to come in the air. Sort of like the promise of winter right around the corner.

I was looking for something seasonal to do this week and I stumbled upon some lovely ambercup squash the other day. They look so lovely, don’t they? Small, round, tough, they are like a toy vegetable I think. In the past I never cooked with squash and pumpkin, for some reason my family is not very big on them. My mum has now started growing them in her garden, too late for me as I have flown the nest and my memories of what we eat «at home» are pretty much set. So using squash and pumpkin is very much a London thing for me.

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Αρωματική σούπα σαφράν με squash, καρότα και γιουβαρλάκια

Saffron squash & carrot soup with youvarlakia

See the English version of this postΚάτι συμβαίνει με το Λονδίνο το Νοέμβριο που με κάνει να ονειρεύομαι ζεστές σούπες και κουλούριασμα στον καναπέ φορώντας χοντρές κάλτσες. Δεν είναι τόσο το κρύο – που χειροτερεύει το Δεκέμβριο και το Γενάρη. Είναι μάλλον η μυρωδιά του κρύου που έρχεται στον αέρα. Περίπου σαν την υπόσχεση του χειμώνα.

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