Spiced Pumpkin Soup Recipe 435 Food

CURRY PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Purée soup: Turn off the heat and carefully remove the bay leaves. Use an immersion blender to purée the soup.

A SPICED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Sauté onion for 3-4 minutes then add flour, curry, garlic, cumin and nutmeg and sauté for 1 minute.
• Add sweet potato, salt, chicken broth and pumpkin and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, partially covered for about 20-25 minutes or until sweet potatoes are cooked through and softened. Remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes to cool.
• Place half of the pumpkin mixture in a blender and process until smooth. Using a strainer, pour soup back into pan. Repeat with rest of soup.
• Raise heat to medium then stir in milk and cook for 5 minutes or until soup is heated through.
• Remove from heat and add lime juice.

SPICED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in the pan you are making the soup in, fry the onion and garlic for 2 minutes, add the curry, cumin and cayenne pepper, fry a few minutes more.
• Add the pumpkin and the apple, mix, and then add the stock.
• Bring to the boil, lower the heat and simmer for 40 to 50 minutes.
• I use a hand-held blender to blend the soup but otherwise let the soup cool and blend in the food processor.
• Add the lemon juice and check the seasoning.
• Serve with the parsley sprinkled over, sour cream (or yoghurt) and nice bread.
• For vegetarian use vegetable stock.

CREAMY SPICED PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the apple, garlic, ginger, and thyme and saute until garlic and ginger are fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in salt, pepper, cinnamon, cloves. Pour in Swanson® Unsalted Chicken Broth and pumpkin puree; mix thoroughly. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and gently simmer until flavors have blended and apples are very soft, 30 minutes.
• Remove pot from heat. Puree the soup with an immersion blender until soup is smooth. Return pot to stove; bring soup back to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
• Remove pot from heat; stir in cream. Serve with your choice of garnishes including crumbled bacon, chopped green onions, sour cream, seasoned croutons.

FIVE-SPICE PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook pancetta in olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-heat until crispy, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• Add onion and celery to the pan drippings and saute until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add garlic and bay leaves and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute, stirring constantly to keep the garlic from burning. Add chicken stock, pumpkin puree, apple cider vinegar, and thyme sprigs; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 to 30 minutes (or up to 2 hours). Remove and discard thyme sprigs and bay leaves. Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth or blend in batches in a blender.
• Add five-spice, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Whisk in cream and serve immediately.

SPICY GREEK PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Cut pumpkin into even sized chunks.
• Heat oil, cook leeks and garlic until softened.
• Add ginger and cumin, stir for another minute.
• Add pumpkin chunks and stock, season with salt and pepper.
• Bring to boil then simmer for 30 minutes or until pumpkin is tender.
• Process soup in blender or with immersion blender.
• Reheat gently, ladle into 4 bowls.
• Swirl a Tbs of Greek yogurt into each bowl, garnish with fresh cilantro leaves.