Pumpkin Soup
Delicious Soup and Pumpkin and Apple and Bacon
If you like to make soup and pumpkin and apple and bacon are ingredients you want in it, this delicious pumpkin soup recipe fits the bill nicely. It is simple to make and the results are bursting with flavor and a rich, smooth creaminess.
This recipe for soup and pumpkin and apple and bacon combines a variety of fresh vegetables with salty, crispy bacon, garlic, thyme, and white wine for a complex yet perfectly balanced finish, which will go down nicely every time you make it. Everyone leaves a clean bowl after eating this yummy pumpkin soup recipe.
You need to simmer this soup for an hour so, if you are making it as an appetizer, you are free to do other things while the soup cooks. The wine adds a sophisticated flavor and the apple cider adds sweetness and brings out the flavor of the apples in the recipe. The bacon adds a salty flavor, which goes beautifully with everything else.
Apple and Pumpkin Soup with White Wine
Ingredients -
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup cream
1 bay leaf
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 minced clove garlic
2 quarts chicken bouillon
4 diced slices bacon
4 diced red apples
2 ½ cups canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 peeled, chopped carrot
1 chopped rib of celery
1 chopped onion
¼ cup white wine
½ cup apple cider
Preparation:
Sauté the bacon until crispy in a pot, then add the apples, butter, celery, carrots, and garlic.
Cook them in the bacon grease until soft.
Add the cider, wine, and bouillon, and then stir in the herbs and pumpkin puree.
Simmer the pumpkin soup for an hour, and then puree it with an immersion blender or in a blender or food processor.
Stir in the cream, add salt, and pepper if necessary.
(Serves 6)
