Saturday, December 18, 2010

Cream of Pumpkin Soup

Stacy does a great job of whipping up soup on a whim. I came home one morning for lunch and she was in the middle of making this awesome soup. Fall means pumpkin, which means cream of pumpkin soup. The croutons made the meal, though. --Mark

Ingredients:

3 T butter, softened
1 T brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
4 slices whole wheat bread
1 cup chopped onion
2 T butter, melted
2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken (or vegetable) broth
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F(200 degrees C). Combine butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Spread butter mixture evenly over one side of each bread slice. Place bread, buttered side up, on a baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until bread is crisp and topping is bubbly. Cut each slice of bread into 8 small triangles or squares.

Saute onion in butter in a medium saucepan until tender. Add 1 can chicken broth; stir well. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.

Transfer broth mixture into the container of a blender or processor. Process until smooth.

Return mixture to saucepan. Add remaining can of broth, pumpkin, salt, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, and ground pepper; stir well. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally..

Stir in whipping cream and heat through. Do not boil. Ladle into individual soup bowls. Top each serving with Cinnamon Croutons.

Notes:

Add brown sugar, cayenne pepper, a smidge of nutmeg and cloves . . . SO good.

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