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Cream of Pumpkin Soup with Cranberry Drizzle

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Cream of Pumpkin Soup with Cranberry Drizzle

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You will give thanks for this fragrant and soulful soup especially in the fall when pumpkins are plentiful.

Time needed

15 min preparation + 30 min cooking

Serving Size / Yield

8 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 C. Swanson® Vegetable Broth (Regular or Certified Organic)
  • 1 Tbs. olive oil
  • 1 Tbs. packed brown sugar
  • 1 C. whole cranberry sauce
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 lg. onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
  • 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp. ground ginger
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pumpkin or calabaza squash (about 2 1/2 lbs.), peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 5 to 6 C,)
  • 2 Tbs. light cream or heavy cream (optional)

Directions

Stir 1/4 cup of the broth, oil, brown sugar and cranberry sauce in small bowl. Set aside.

Heat the butter in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until tender.

Stir the remaining broth, cinnamon, ginger, black pepper to taste and pumpkin into the saucepan and heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the pumpkin is tender.

Place 1/2 of the pumpkin mixture into a blender or food processor. Cover and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into a medium bowl. Repeat the blending process with the remaining pumpkin mixture. Return all of puréed mixture to the saucepan. Add cream, if desired and heat through. Divide soup among 8 bowls. Top each serving of soup with a spoonful of cranberry sauce mixture.

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