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Homemade Pumpkin Soup Recipe in a Pumpkin Soup Tureen

If you have tasted a store bought pumpkin soup, make a canned pumpkin soup recipe or taken other short cuts to get the flavor of this tasty dish, you are going to love the following recipe because everything is made from scratch. There are no canned pumpkin purees or canned soups in this recipe. There really is a world of difference between making recipes for creamy pumpkin soups with fresh ingredients and taking short cuts and the following recipe is one of the very best pumpkin soups you can make.

The Tastiest Pumpkin Soup Ingredients

This mouthwatering homemade pumpkin soup is created with the finest, freshest ingredients including fresh pumpkin, juicy apple, onion, sage, butter and more. On top or on the side you can serve home baked croutons for mouthwatering flavor and crunch. Feel free to sprinkle some herbs or spices over the croutons before baking them. Pretty much anything you fancy adds to the flavor and you can use ginger and nutmeg to complement the pumpkin or dried parsley or sage for a herby taste.

A hint of sage, curry powder, and nutmeg is enough to add subtle flavoring to this pumpkin soup recipe without overpowering the pumpkin flavor. The apple adds sweetness and, if you like, you could also add some sweet potato or yam. This pumpkin soup is pureed for a creamy, velvety finish and the topping is a classic dollop of cream and some fresh parsley.

Delicious Pumpkin Soup with Apple and Sage

Ingredients -

1 cup chopped onion
2 pints low salt chicken broth
½ teaspoon curry powder
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons butter
1 lb cubed fresh pumpkin
¼ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
½ cup evaporated skim milk
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 cup peeled, chopped sweet cooking apple
¾ tablespoon dried rubbed sage
4 thick slices bread
4 sprigs parsley, for garnish
Heavy cream, for garnish

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.

Melt 2 teaspoons of the butter in a Dutch oven or heavy pot over a medium heat and sauté the onion for 3 minutes. Add the curry powder, sage, and nutmeg and cook for half a minute. Stir in the flour and cook for another half a minute.

Add the tomato paste, broth, and salt. Stir the pumpkin soup well with a whisk.

Stir in the apple and pumpkin and bring the soup to a boil Cover, turn down the heat and simmer for 25 minutes or until the pumpkin is tender.

Stir the soup occasionally.

Use the rest of the butter to butter the bread on one side, and then cut it into ½ inch cubes. Spread the croutons on a parchment paper covered cookie sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until dry and crisp.

Puree the soup in a food processor or blender until smooth, then return it to the Dutch oven and add the milk.

Cook until everything is hot, and then serve the pumpkin soup in 4 individual soup bowls, garnished with the cream, parsley, and croutons.

(Serves 4)

Roasted Partridge Served with Classic Pumpkin Soup Recipe

This video shows you how to make an easy and impressive gourmet meal with seasonal ingredients. The flavors of pumpkin and partridge are combined in this deliciously warming partridge and pumpkin soup recipe. If you are looking for a partridge recipe as well as a way to use tasty fresh pumpkin, this recipe is absolutely beautiful and surprisingly simple to prepare.

With thyme and garlic for flavor and extra butter for richness and shine, this simple pumpkin soup recipe is the perfect accompaniment for the crispy rosemary baked partridge. The roasted partridge sits on a mound of wilted spinach and the richly flavored pumpkin soup surrounds the juicy bird. Chili oil and roasted pumpkin seeds finish off this delightful dish perfectly.





Using a Pumpkin Soup Tureen for Elegant Soup

Soup is usually served in soup bowls but soup tureens are a wonderful way to present your homemade pumpkin soup recipes. Your kids especially will love enjoying pumpkin soup when it is served from a ceramic soup tureen in the shape of a pumpkin with a cute pumpkin ladle.

Pumpkin soup bowls are carefully painted to resemble a pumpkin and most are microwave and dishwasher safe. You can get these soup tureens in different sizes so, whether you need a large soup tureen for a large family or dinner party or a smaller one, there will be the perfect soup tureen for you. You might even like to get a couple of pumpkin soup tureens in different sizes.