HEARTY CORN AND PUMPKIN SOUP

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A perfect, not too pumpkin-y pumpkin soup for chilly winter afternoons. Toasted pumpkin seeds are a fun add-in.

Provided by Elizabeth Kerns VanderEsch

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes     Vegetable Soup Recipes     Squash Soup Recipes     Pumpkin Soup Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 12

⅓ cup olive oil
2 leeks, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
9 cups chicken broth
5 small red potatoes, diced
1 ½ teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
ground black pepper to taste
2 (16 ounce) cans pumpkin puree
1 (16 ounce) package frozen whole-kernel corn
½ cup whole milk
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley, or to taste

Steps:

  • Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir leeks and carrots in hot oil until softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
  • Stir chicken broth into leek mixture; bring to a boil. Add potatoes, salt, cloves, and pepper; boil until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
  • Pour pumpkin puree into a large bowl. Stir 1 cup of broth and potatoes mixture into pumpkin.
  • Pour pumpkin mixture, corn, and milk into chicken broth mixture in the large pot. Stir to combine and simmer until heated through and flavors blend, at least 5 minutes. Sprinkle individual servings with parsley.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 288.4 calories, Carbohydrate 44.3 g, Cholesterol 7.2 mg, Fat 11.1 g, Fiber 7.3 g, Protein 7.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 1819.6 mg, Sugar 10.1 g

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