Jayne's Crockpot Pumpkin Soup

Not posting this in the right month... but as I'm planting pumpkin seedlings now... and I've been meaning to post this...

Ingredients:

2-3 tablespoons butter
1 onion, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
1 apple, peeled and diced
2 cups fresh pumpkin (the smaller the pumpkin, the better the taste)
1 tablespoon sage leaf
2 celery sticks, diced
3 cups chicken stock
salt & freshly ground black pepper

OPTIONAL
up to 1 cup cream (I think just 1/2 is really all you need if you want to use cream at all)
2 teaspoon thyme
4 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 tablespoons minced garlic

Directions:

Scrub whole pumpkin under water, removing all dirt.

Cut up the whole pumpkin into pieces that will fit into your steamer pot. Then, using a spoon or an ice-cream scooper, take out all the seeds and stringy insides. And, at some point, separate seeds for roasting later or even for planting.

Rinse pumpkin pieces under running water, and then place into your steamer pot.

Steam pumpkin pieces for 20-25 minutes.

Remove pieces from the steamer CAREFULLY - be careful, because they WILL burn you if you aren't careful. Let them cool for 10 minutes. Remove skin, or, scoop out softened pumpkin innards (these should scoop out very, very easily after steaming). Puree what you've scooped out and put it into a large bowl. Use 1 cup of chicken broth to rinse out residue from blender and pour into same bowl. Put all this aside.

Dice and steam carrots, celery and apple together, about 15 minutes. Puree together. Add to bowl with pumpkin. Use 1 cup of chicken broth to rinse out residue from blender and pour into same bowl or crock pot.

Melt butter and saute onion together, about 8 minutes. Puree. And, once again, use 1 cup of chicken broth to rinse out residue from blender and pour into same bowl or crock pot.

Pour all ingredients, including herbs, but NOT the cream, into the crock pot. Stir. Cook on high for two hours, stirring every 30 minutes. Then pour in cream, change temp to low, cook for one more hour.

Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Divide soup among 4 soup bowls and serve immediately.

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Jayne's Crockpot Pumpkin Soup

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