PUMPKIN BISQUE (HAD AT GAIA RESTAURANT)

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Number Of Ingredients 10

8-10 pound pumpkin
4 oz butter
1 onion
1 oz grated ginger
1 stick cinnamon
2 qts milk
½ cup honey
2 qts chicken stock
whipped cream (for garnish)
roasted pepitas (for garnish, optional)

Steps:

  • Bake the pumpkin in aluminum foil for 2 hours at 325 degrees. Scrape 5 pounds of pumpkin meat from the pumpkin. Render chopped onion and grated ginger in butter for 5 minutes. Add all ingredients to a large pot and simmer for 30 minutes. With an immersion blender, blend the soup. Strain through mesh collander. Garnish with whipped cream. Flavor the cream with maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla or white truffle oil. Garnish with roasted "pepitas" (pumpkin seeds) or sunflower seeds.

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