Pumpkin Sage Soup Food

PUMPKIN-SAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Cut a circular hole around the top rim of each pumpkin and remove lid. Scrape out fiber and seeds, leaving sides as smooth as possible. Place crumpled sage leaves in bottom of each pumpkin.
• Heat butter in a pot, and add onion. Cook over medium heat, stirring, for one minute. Add pumpkin chunks, 1 cup of water, chicken broth, salt and pepper.
• Bring liquid to a boil, reduce to simmer, and cook for about 20 minutes. Transfer liquid to the bowl of an electric blender or food processor, and puree until smooth. Return mixture to pot.
• Add milk and half-and-half, nutmeg, cayenne, salt and pepper. Stir well and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Taste for seasonings.

SAUSAGE, PUMPKIN AND ARBORIO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the EVOO in a soup pot or large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, crumbling it with a wooden spoon, until browned. Add the garlic and onions and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the bay leaf and squash and season with salt, pepper and a little nutmeg. Stir in the stock and half-and-half and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and add the kale. Simmer until the squash is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Add the rice and simmer until just tender, 18 to 20 minutes, stirring every 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the sage.
• Ladle the soup into shallow bowls. Top with Parmigiano-Reggiano and a drizzle of EVOO. Cook's Note: The soup, without the rice, can be covered and refrigerated for a make-ahead meal. Add the rice before serving.

CREAMY PUMPKIN AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium-low heat, sauté onions in butter and oil for 10 minutes. Add pumpkin, squash, broth or stock, 2 teaspoons salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes until squash is very tender. Process mixture until smooth with a hand blender or in a food processor. Add half-and-half and reheat slowly over low heat: add remaining salt to taste. Top servings with Gruyere cheese and croutons, if desired.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH & SAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the oil and butter in a large saucepan or flameproof casserole. Add the onions and sage, and gently cook until really soft - about 15 mins. Tip in the squash and cook for 5 mins, stirring. Add the honey and stock, bring to a simmer and cook until the squash is tender.
• Let the soup cool a bit so you don't burn yourself, then whizz until really smooth with a hand blender, or in batches in a blender. Season to taste, adding a drop more stock or water if the soup is too thick. Reheat before serving, sprinkled with chives and cracked black pepper.

PUMPKIN, SAUSAGE, AND SAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a separate bowl.
• Melt butter in the same pot. Cook onions until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Add water, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, sage, and salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until flavors combine, about 20 minutes.
• Return the cooked sausage to the pot. Pour in milk and bring soup to a gentle simmer. Taste and adjust salt as needed.

CHEESE PUMPKIN SOUP WITH SAGE AND APPLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Remove about 1 cup of seeds from the pumpkin halves. Clean off any pumpkin meat from the seeds before setting them aside.
• Rub the pumpkin halves with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and place them seed side down on a sheet tray lined with aluminum foil. Cook in the oven for about 50 minutes or until a sharp knife easily pierces the skin and flesh.
• Meanwhile, cut the carrots and onion into a medium dice and sauté them in the remaining tablespoon of olive oil over low heat until tender. Set aside.
• Heat 1 cup of olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. When it begins to simmer, add 3 to 4 sage leaves at a time, frying them for about 6 to 8 seconds each. Remove the leaves with tongs or a slotted spoon and place on a plate lined with paper towels. Continue this process until all the sage is fried. Turn off the heat.
• Immediately place the reserved pumpkin seeds in the leftover, sage-infused oil, for about 20 seconds or until they begin to brown. Pour the contents of the pan into a metal strainer set over a metal bowl.
• Place the seeds on a plate lined with paper towels and sprinkle generously with salt. Set the oil aside to cool.
• When the pumpkin is cooked, remove it from oven and let it cool for 10 minutes. Then remove and discard any seeds from the flesh.
• Scoop out the pumpkin meat from one pumpkin half and place it in a blender. Add half of the cooled carrots and onions, and one chopped apple to the blender. Add vegetable stock to the ¾ mark on the blender and close the lid. Blend on low, then gradually increase the speed as the ingredients combine. Pour the contents into a large pot or bowl. Repeat with the remaining sautéed carrots and onions, chopped apple and vegetable stock.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve: ladle soup into bowls. Garnish with pumpkin seeds, 2 to 3 sage leaves and a drizzle of the reserved pumpkin-sage oil.

SWEET POTATO AND SAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute chopped onion, leek and sgae in olive oil for a few minutes until golden.
• Add carrot and sweet potato cut into cubes and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add hot stock.
• Simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add parsley.
• Blend soup.