Pumpkin Soup

* Exported from MasterCook *

Pumpkin Soup

Recipe By : Key Gourmet CD Rom
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups & Stews Chicken

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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6 cups chicken broth
1 can (16 oz.) solid-pack pumpkin -- up to 2
1 cup onion -- thinly sliced
1 clove garlic -- minced
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup whipping cream -- warmed
1 large fresh pumpkin -- hollowed out-
-- optional
Fresh parsley -- optional

In a covered saucepan, heat all ingredients except cream to boiling. Reduce he
at; simmer, uncovered 20 minutes. Stir warm cream into soup. Garnish with par
sley and serve from a hollowed-out pumpkin which as been warmed for 20 minutes
in 350 degree oven. (My mother, Marge Beckler, serves this soup each Thanksgiv
ing in tiny, hollowed pumpkins for each grandchild. Our twin sons Collin and Ma
tthew enjoyed this soup as 10-month-olds on their first Thanksgiving day!)

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