Grilled Vegetables
Creamy Grilled Pumpkin Soup
Recipes for creamy pumpkin soups are commonly sought around Halloween but you can make this wonderful pumpkin soup recipe whenever you fancy. The pumpkin is grilled to make it tender and soft and to bring out its wonderful flavor and the grilled pumpkin pieces are combined with wine, cream, onion and more to make this deliciously simple creamy pumpkin soup.
Grilled fresh vegetables always come out beautifully because this cooking method draws out the delicious flavors and makes the flesh soft and tender and pumpkin does especially well on the grill. You can garnish the soup with ground nutmeg rather than the cream and parsley if you prefer it.
Simple Creamy Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Ingredients -
3 lbs pumpkin
4 tablespoons white wine
4 tablespoons minced onion
1 cup cream
2 cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon butter
Cream to garnish
Parsley to garnish
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Preparation:
Slice the top off the pumpkin, remove the fibers and seeds from the inside, and then put the top back on. Grill over an indirect medium heat for a couple of hours or until the flesh is tender.
Let the pumpkin cool then scoop out the flesh.
Melt the butter over a medium heat and sauté the onion until soft. Add the wine and cook until it has almost all evaporated.
Add the broth and pumpkin flesh, stir, and simmer for 20 minutes.
Stir in the cream and season to taste.
Divide between bowls and decorate each one with a dollop of cream and a sprig of parsley.
Serve with toast, bread, or croutons.
(Serves 6)
A Picture of our Creamy Grilled Pumpkin Soup - You can use small pumpkins and hollow them out like above in the recipe directions. The just grill them until they are tender, keep them warm, and use these as an impressive visual presentation for your soup. It will impress your guest with their very own pumpkin tureen full of this wonderful and delicious grilled pumpkin soup.
