easy gourmet pumpkin soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 (3 pound) sugar pumpkin - peeled, seeded, and cut into matchbox-size pieces
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon yellow curry powder
• 20 ounces chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons pumpkin seed oil
• sour cream
• toasted pumpkin seeds

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. add the pumpkin, brown sugar, and curry powder to the butter; cook and stir until the pumpkin caramelizes, 6 to 10 minutes. pour the chicken broth over the mixture; bring to a boil, and cook until the pumpkin is tender, about 20 minutes more.
• pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway. hold the lid of the blender in place with a towel; start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. process in batches until smooth.
• garnish each portion of soup with 1 teaspoon pumpkin seed oil, a dollop of sour cream, and a few pumpkin seeds.