Italian Pumpkin Soup Recipes

ITALIAN PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Begin with preparing the pumpkin. Roast pumpkin in oven at 350 degree 30 -40 minutes Scrape the meat from shell, puree in blender. While this is baking cook potatoes in a cup of salted water, until just tender. Discard water when done, 10 minutes approximately In a soup pot add chcken broth let it come to a boil, add onion, garlic, carrot. Simmer for 15 minutes until carrots and onions get tender, strain onion, carrot mixture and add to blender with pumpkin and puree for a nice smooth texture. Heat a pan for sausage, cut casings from sausage and slowly brown over medium heat until medium well. Discard any grease onto paper towel.Set aside the sausage. Add the pureed mixture to the broth,add the potatoes, cream, then add thyme, nutmeg, and allspice, let this simmer no more than ten minutes for spices and herbs to marry with pumpkin. Garnish with roasted pumpkin seeds. Set soup inside the pumpkin carcass and ladle from the pumpkin into soup bowls. Goes well with large Garlic Coutons.

PUMPKIN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, mushrooms and onion over medium-high heat until sausage is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, 8-10 minutes, breaking up sausage into crumbles; drain. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add stock, pumpkin, sugar and seasonings. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 10 minutes., Stir in cream. In a small bowl, mix water and cornstarch until smooth. Stir into pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Add cheese; cook and stir until melted.

PUMPKIN AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook diced sausage in skillet with 2 tablespoons butter for 5 minutes.
• Add onion and cook until soft. Add thyme and pumpkin OR sweet potatoes and cook 5 minutes.
• Add liqueur, broth, and brown sugar. Cover and simmer over low heat for 45 minutes, or until pumpkin OR potatoes are tender.
• In blender puree soup in batches. Return to pan and stir in cream and remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Warm but do not boil. Serve immediately.