JUDY'S PUMPKIN SOUP

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Do you have guests you would like to impress? This is the best pumpkin soup I have ever tasted. It is so good it leaves you with a craving that lasts for weeks! Wonderful to serve for the holidays. I like to serve this soup in hollowed-out individual pumpkins for a special presentation.

Provided by IAMKC

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Squash Soup Recipes Pumpkin Soup Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

¼ cup butter
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 leek, white portion only, chopped
4 cups chicken broth
1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon bay leaf
1 cup half-and-half

Steps:

Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and leek in melted butter until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add chicken broth, pumpkin puree, curry powder, salt, white pepper, ground ginger, and bay leaf to onion mixture; bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Remove from heat to cool. Pour broth mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth. Return pureed mixture to pot and bring to a boil.
Gradually stir half-and-half into pumpkin mixture; cook until soup is heated through, 5 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 200.4 calories, Carbohydrate 18.5 g, Cholesterol 39.3 mg, Fat 13.2 g, Fiber 4.7 g, Protein 4.2 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Sodium 1564.4 mg, Sugar 7.1 g