Pumpkin Soup Served In Individual Roasted Pumpkins Food

ROASTED PUMPKIN SOUP WITH CRISPY DUCK CONFIT RELISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Toss the diced pumpkin in olive oil and cane syrup. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well. Place the pumpkin on a parchment lined baking sheet. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender. Remove from the oven and cool.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Add the onions and saute for 6 to 8 minutes, or until caramelized. Season with salt and pepper. Add the garlic, bay leaves, and stock. Stir in the pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg and bring to a boil Reduce to a simmer and cook the soup until the pumpkin is very tender, about 25 minutes.
• Remove the bay leaves from the soup, and with a handheld blender, puree the soup until smooth. Slowly whisk in the cream. Whisk in the peanut butter. Reseason with salt and pepper, if necessary. Simmer the soup, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and ladle into shallow bowls.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine the chives, duck confit and pumpkin seeds. Mix well. Garnish each soup with the relish.

ROASTED PUMPKIN SOUP WITH CHIPOTLE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Halve the pumpkin from top to bottom and place it, cut side down, on an oiled baking sheet. Bake until the pumpkin can be easily skewered, 45 to 60 minutes. Cool for about 20 minutes.
• With a spoon, remove the seeds and discard. Scrape the pulp and reserve. Discard the skin. Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the bacon and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are soft and the bacon is just turning golden, about 7 minutes. Add the pumpkin and stock and simmer until the pumpkin falls apart, about 30 minutes. Let cool for about 20 minutes.
• In batches, puree the soup in a blender on high speed, 3 minutes per batch, until very smooth. Strain through a fine mesh into a clean soup pot and add the cream, orange juice and nutmeg.
• Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. If the soup is too thick, correct the consistency with additional water or stock. Chop 1 tablespoon chipotle pepper. Whip 1 cup cream to soft peak. Stir peppers into cream. Ladle the hot soup into bowls. Spoon dollop of chipotle cream into soup.

ROASTED PUMPKIN SOUP WITH ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Cut the pumpkin into wedges and then into about 3cm cubes.
• Toss in olive oil, salt and pepper in a roasting tin.
• Cut the top off a head of garlic and drizzle a little oil over the cloves.
• Wrap the garlic in tin foil and add to the pumpkin.
• Roast at 200C for 30 minutes or until the pumpkin is soft.
• Meanwhile, coarsely chop the onion, celery and carrot and fry until the onion is translucent.
• Add the ground cumin and fry briefly.
• Add the water, Worcestershire sauce (a couple of shakes of the bottle), salt, pepper and chili (if you like a bit of heat in your soup).
• Bring to the boil and then reduce to simmer for 15 minutes.
• Remove the skin from the cooked pumpkin.
• Squeeze out the roasted garlic and add to the soup along with the pumpkin. You may need to add some water at this stage to just cover the vegetables.
• Simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Blend with a stick blender and adjust the seasoning to taste.
• You may also need to add yet more water if the soup is too thick. I like my soup really thick. My kids used to eat this by spreading it on their bread instead of dipping the bread in the soup!

MARTHA STEWART'S PUMPKIN SOUP IN A PUMPKIN

Steps:

• In a covered saucepan, heat the stock, cubed pumpkin, onion, garlic, salt, thyme, and peppercorns to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes.
• Remove 1/2 cup of the pumpkin with a slotted spoon; reserve.
• Simmer remaining pumpkin mixture, uncovered, 20 minutes longer; transfer to a large bowl.
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Cut the top off the sugar pumpkin and remove the seeds.
• Place the pumpkin on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes; set aside in a warm spot.
• Puree 2 cups of the pumpkin mixture in a blender or food processor; return pureed mixture to the pot.
• Repeat with remaining pumpkin mixture.
• Heat pureed mixture to boiling; reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Stir warm cream and reserved pumpkin into soup.
• Place the warmed sugar pumpkin on a platter; ladle the soup in and garnish with parsley.
• Serve hot.

ROASTED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat 400°F Cut the pumpkins in half and scoop out the seeds, reserving them for the garnish.
• Brush pumpkins with olive oil and place, flesh down, on a parchment lined baking sheet.
• Roast in the oven for 45 minutes or until softened. Remove skins.
• Remove and turn oven heat to low. Wash the seeds well, and remove any extra flesh. Dry the seeds in the oven for 3 hours, then toss them with olive oil, cayenne pepper and salt. Toast in the oven at 250 F until golden. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, heat the olive oil, garlic, onion, and chili flakes over medium heat. Cook until softened. Add pumpkin flesh.
• Remove from the heat and pass through a food processor until smooth.
• Return to the pan, and stir in the chicken broth until desired consistency is reached.
• Add heavy cream to thicken and season with salt and pepper.
• Garnish with pumpkin seeds.

PUMPKIN SOUP SERVED IN A PUMPKIN (POTAGE AU POTIRON)

Steps:

• Cut off top of pumpkin at least 5 inches across, so that it can serve as a lid. Scoop out and discard all seeds and stringy material. Using a large sturdy spoon, scrape out 6 cups of pumpkin meat, taking care not to break through the shell. Set aside the pumpkin and its lid in a warm place.
• In a large soup pot over medium-low heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add onion and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add wine and simmer for 1 minute. Add turnips, carrot, potato, pumpkin meat and enough chicken stock or water to barely cover.
• Cover and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat remaining 6 tablespoons butter, and add bread slices, turning until lightly browned on both sides. Set aside half for garnish, and when soup has come to a boil, add remaining half to the soup.
• Gently simmer soup for 1 hour, stirring once or twice. The soup will be very thick; if it seems in danger of burning, reduce heat and stir in a small amount of broth or water.
• Add cream, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Using an immersion blender, purée the hot soup in the pot until very smooth. Alternatively, remove soup from heat and allow to cool until no longer steaming, then purée in a food processor or blender. Return soup to a clean pot and reheat gently.
• Pour hot soup into pumpkin. Serve from pumpkin, garnishing each serving with one or two reserved toasts.