Pumpkin Soup

9 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 c. pumpkin or butternut squash, peeled and cut
  • 2 onions, cut up
  • 3 Tbsp. butter
  • 3 c. chicken broth
  • 1 pt. heavy cream or evaporated milk
  • salt and pepper to taste (optional)
  • dash of nutmeg or allspice to season (optional)
  • sour cream (garnish)
  • chopped parsley or chives (garnish)

Directions

  1. 1
    Steam pumpkin; set aside.
  2. 2
    Saute onions in butter until translucent.
  3. 3
    Add pumpkin and cook for 5 minutes.
  4. 4
    Add chicken broth (salt, pepper and spices).
  5. 5
    Cook mixture for 10 minutes. Remove from heat; put mixture in food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
  6. 6
    Put cream or milk in small bowl; add a little of the hot pumpkin mix to milk, then add back into hot pumpkin mix and whisk.
  7. 7
    Put pan back on low heat and continue to whisk until soup thickens enough to coat a spoon.
  8. 8
    Serve with garnish of choice.

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