" the Bomb" Pumpkin Soup

Sassy Sandra's Note:

A wonderful harvest Pumpkin Soup - The best we have ever tasted. I got this recipe from "Belle" Magazine. You must try it--it's nothing short of "Amazing".

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 ½ tablespoons butter
• ¾ cup carrot , Chopped
• ¾ cup ripe banana , Chopped
• 1 onion , Chopped
• 1 shallot
• 1 garlic clove , Minced
• 1 bay leaf
• 5 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups canned pumpkin
• ¾ cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
• ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk (Eagle Brand)
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1 pinch coriander
• 1 pinch ground allspice
• 1 pinch yellow curry powder

To Accompany when serving

• roasted hulledpumpkin seeds or roasted peanuts

Directions:

1. Melt butter in large, leavy pot over medium-high heat.
2. Add carrots and next 6 ingredients and sauté until vegetables are softened, about 10 minutes. Discard bay leaf.
3. Transfer mixture to processor and blend until smooth. Return mixture to pot.
4. Add stock and all remaining ingredients. Boil soup over medium-high head to blend flavours, about 15 minutes. Cool slightly.
5. Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to pot. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
6. Bring soup to simmer.
7. Divide among serving bowls, and sprinkle with roasted Pumpkin seeds that have been hulled or roasted peanuts.
8. This is so very yummy!

Reviews

[Nattymummy]

Used fresh cooked pumpkin that I had left over from night before, and didn't have allspice, but made recipe otherwise unchanged. DH is a non-banana man, and found the banana taste a bit much, I think next time I'd also enjoy it more with half as much banana. A delicious recipe, definite comfort food. Imagine being able to put condensed milk in your soup!! Yum.

[SoupLady]

This soup is GREAT!