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A silky smooth and comforting pumpkin soup made with pumpkin, sweet potato, and carrot, seasoned with warm spices, and naturally creamy without heavy cream.

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 medium onion, roughly diced
  • 1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 small sweet potato, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 pounds pumpkin, peeled, seeded, and chopped into chunks
  • ½ tablespoon brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg (use less if sensitive)
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 5 cups chicken stock or water with bouillon cubes
  • 1 bay leaf
  • cream (optional, to taste)

Instructions

  1. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat; add diced onion, chopped carrot, sweet potato, and pumpkin; stir and cook 2–3 minutes until vegetables start to soften.
  2. Sprinkle in brown sugar, ground cumin, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, salt, and pepper; sauté for 3–4 minutes until vegetables begin to brown and smell aromatic.
  3. Pour in chicken stock (or water with bouillon) and add bay leaf; bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer partly covered for about 15 minutes until vegetables are tender.
  4. Remove the pot from heat and discard the bay leaf.
  5. Blend the soup until silky smooth using an immersion blender in the pot or by carefully blending in batches using a regular blender.
  6. Return the blended soup to medium heat, stir in cream if using, warm 2–3 minutes, then taste and adjust seasoning with salt, pepper, or a pinch more sugar.

Notes

Use flavorful pumpkin or winter squash like Kabocha, butternut, or Hubbard as substitutes by weight., For richer flavor, allow vegetables to caramelize slightly before adding stock., When blending with a regular blender, cool soup slightly and blend in vented small batches to prevent splatters., Adjust texture by adding more sweet potato or finishing with cream, coconut milk, or yogurt., For ultra-smooth texture, press blended soup through a fine mesh strainer., Season gradually during cooking to develop spices fully.

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