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Easy Sweet Crockpot Pumpkin Soup
Serve this delicious pumpkin soup with crusty bread and top it with grated cheese and a generous dollop of sour cream. This wonderful soup freezes well, but it is also fine for several days in the refrigerator. You might need to add a little extra water when you warm it back up. If you want this to be vegetarian, use vegetable bouillon instead of the chicken bouillon. Beef bouillon also works. You can use sweet potatoes instead of regular ones for a sweeter flavor.
Pumpkin soup is a classic fall favorite but there is no reason you cannot make it at other times of the year, whenever you can get hold of a fresh pumpkin. Although canned pumpkin can be used, you will get a far superior flavor if you use fresh pumpkin, so make an effort to get some. It is up to you what type of potatoes you use in this pumpkin soup recipe. You can combine regular potatoes with sweet potatoes, or stick to one kind.
This is a soup which kids and grownups will love. There are of course some soups which kids turn their noses up at, and some which adults are not crazy about, but this pumpkin soup recipe ticks all the boxes. It is sweet enough for kids, rich and creamy to please adult palates too, and easy enough to make at home, even if you are a rookie in the kitchen. Although this soup does not actually contain milk, cream, or cheese, it does have a luxurious texture.
Potato and Pumpkin Soup with Italian Herbs
Ingredients -
1 fresh pumpkin
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
5 medium peeled potatoes
2 beef bouillon cubes
3 diced onions
1 tablespoon mixed Italian herbs
2 garlic cloves
12 slices toasted baguette bread, to serve
Fresh parsley, for garnish
Preparation:
Peel and roughly chop the pumpkin, and then put it in the crockpot.
Chop the potatoes into cubes and dice the onions.
Add these to the crockpot.
Add everything else.
For a thinner soup, you can add extra water, but remember crockpots do not let moisture evaporate so do not add too much liquid.
Cook for 8 hours on low or until the potatoes and pumpkin are tender.
Blend with a blender or hand mixer until very smooth.
Garnish the soup with fresh parsley sprigs and serve with toasted baguette bread.
Stir and serve.
(Serves 6)
Crockpot Pumpkin Soup
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This pumpkin soup is understated but really special, and when you taste the combination of pumpkin, potato, garlic, Italian herbs and more, the flavor will blow you away. If you enjoy making homemade soup recipes but you do not like sweating over a hot stove, crockpot soup recipes are ideal, because you can simply add the ingredients to your crockpot, put the lid on and forget about it for eight hours. Also, slow cooking really brings out the flavors of the ingredients and blends everything together nicely, to produce a smooth-textured and rich-flavored result.
