Pumpkin And Orange Soup Food

PUMPKIN AND ORANGE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute onion g ently in butter in a large saucepan until transparent. Add chunks of pumpkin, stock, juice, zest and sugar.
• Simmer 20-25 minutes until cooked.
• Puree in a food processor or blender or push through a sieve. Return to saucepan, add sliced orange and reheat gently for 10 minutes.
• Freezes well

PUMPKIN AND CRANBERRY SOUP

Steps:

• Place the cranberries in a glass or ceramic bowl and add sherry. Cover the bowl and let the cranberries soak at least 2 hours or overnight.
• In a stockpot, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the onion, celery and carrots and saute 5 minutes.
• Add the pumpkin, stock, brown sugar, maple syrup and nutmeg and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to medium and simmer 30 minutes.
• Remove from heat and puree or blend until creamy.
• Add the cream and the cranberries with the soaking liquid.
• Season with salt and pepper and stir well.

ORANGE PUMPKIN LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Cut orange into wedges, and remove seeds. Place orange, peel and all, in a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the pumpkin, water, and the ground orange. Mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir into batter just until moistened. Stir in nuts and raisins. Spoon into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes, then remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.

ORANGE VEGETABLES SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place the squash and pumpkin in a large baking dish. Pour about 1-inch of water into the dish and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until the squash and pumpkin are tender, 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Combine the onion, celery, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in the hot oil and cook and stir 3 to 5 minutes. Crumble the vegetable bouillon into the onion mixture; stir. Slowly add the boiling water to the mixture while stirring. When the water returns to a boil, add the carrots and sweet potato; season with salt; cover and cook until the potato and carrots are tender, 20 to 25 minutes; remove from heat. Scrape the flesh from the baked squash and pumpkin and add to the soup. Allow soup to cool for 15 minutes.
• Ladle batches of the soup into a blender or food processor and blend on high until smooth. Repeat until all soup has been blended. Return blended soup to stockpot over medium heat. Stir in the evaporated milk and orange juice. Cook soup until entirely heated, 10 to 15 minutes.