Soupe de l'Estérel, or Soupe des Maures (Pumpkin and White Bean Soup)

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• butter
• 1/2 litre Consommé
• 150 grammes pumpkin flesh
• 2 décilitres fresh white beans
• 1 litre Consommé
• 75 grammes thick vermicelli

Instructions

1. Toss the chopped onion in butter.
2. Moisten with the half-litre of Consommé or bean cooking liquid, then add the diced pumpkin and the white beans.
3. Let it cook through, then pass through a sieve.
4. Thin the purée with 1 litre of Consommé and bring to the boil.
5. Add the thick vermicelli and serve as soon as it is well poached.