So if you've been reading you'll know I rescued many pumpkins from the landfill on the Monday after Thanksgiving. One became a Creepmas pumpkin and the another has become soup. I made up a recipe based off of a great squash soup recipe that my sister shared with me some 15 years ago. It was not hard though perhaps a little time consuming. First, I cut a lid and clean the pumpkin. Then I sliced it up along the natural indentations on the outside. Once I had little strips of pumpkin, I peeled the skin with a potato peeler and chopped the pumpkin into cubes.
Strips of pumpkin waiting to be peeled |
peeled cubed pumpkin
Next, I chopped an onion and browned it in a tablespoon of butter and some walnut oil. I then added the pumpkin, a carton of chicken broth and lots of spices - cloves, allspice, curry, cumin, salt and pepper. I let this cook down for awhile - 3 hours at medium heat until the pumpkin was really soft
In batches, puree the pumpkin in a blender. Add about 1 cup of 1/2 and 1/2 to the soup and taste to correct seasoning. I added a teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of chipotle powder, and pepper. Heat over low heat - don't boil - you'll curdle that cream. It made a thick rich soup. For a thinner soup just use more chicken broth.
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A salad, a roll and a beer complete the meal. I am glad you came to the parlor to enjoy this Creepmas dinner dinner.
Sounds really good.. like how you set everything up.. very spookalicious
ReplyDeleteYOU'RE EATING PUMPKINS YOU GOT OUT OF THE TRASH
ReplyDeleteI hope you froze some of that soup so we can enjoy it in 3 weeks. :)
ReplyDeleteSpookalicious - what a great word. Sorry Jacks - we ate it. How about Seafood Bisque?
ReplyDeletesounds and looks wonderfully delicious! think I'll print this recipe...thanks.
ReplyDeleteOoh ooh, mmm mmm. I made jack-o-lantern soup once, with lamb pumpkin and turnip. It turned out okay.
ReplyDeleteI think I want to try and recreate the pumpkin soup from Twilight Princess.
Pumpkin soup with lamb? Now that sounds delicious!
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