Pumpkin Soup

by Rich | Nov 26, 2014 | Recipes

2 teaspoons butter
1 medium Onion, minced
2 cups canned or fresh chicken broth(low fat preferred)
4 cups peeled, diced pumpkin
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon grated Lemon peel
Salt and Pepper to taste
Tabasco Sauce to taste

Cut the Pumpkin in half.
Scoop out the guts. (Optional: Save the seeds and toast in oven for tasty treat) Slice in sections, Peal skin and cut into cubes.

In large pot heat butter, add onions and sauté while stirring till the onions start to brown.

Add broth, pumpkin, nutmeg and Lemon peel

Season with salt, pepper and Tabasco

Mix, cover and simmer for 45 minutes

Remove from heat

Puree contents in blender (a blender full at a time) and put blended contents into a new pot or container that will eventually hold the entire batch as you blend it.

Mix, sample and add additional Tabasco, salt and pepper to taste.

Serve.

Note: This is the original recipe I started with. Over the years I have made several batches at once for a larger serving size. I add chicken broth to cover the pumpkin in the pot and a little more if it looks dry or there is less humidity in the air, this makes the batch soupier, stores well in freezer.

4 cups of pumpkin is a really small pumpkin (6 inch diameter), so double or triple the batch just don’t double or triple the spices.
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Enjoy.