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Peter's cream of pumpkin soup

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Categories: Low-calorie, Pumpkin, Soups & Stews, Vegetables
Yield: 4
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Ingredients:
1 tspSafflower oil
1 lbsPumpkin, fresh
-cut in chunks
-=OR=- Canned Pumpkin
1 Yellow onion
- peeled and chopped
1 smallGarlic clove
- peeled and crushed
2 Celery stalks, chopped
1 Stalk fresh thyme, -=OR=-
1/2 tsp-Dried thyme
1/2 Bay leaf
5 cupChicken broth
1 1/2 tbspLow-fat white cheese
-Such as cottage cheese
- farmer's cheese
- cream cheese or ricotta
1 tbspNon-fat powdered milk
1/2 cupParsley, chervil and chives
- (minced)
Procedures:
1This thanksgiving soup has but 65 calories per serving.
2In a large saucepan, heat the oil over a low fire.
3Add the vegetables (including the fresh pumpkin, but not the canned), thyme and bay leaf.
4Reduce the heat, cover, and let cook gently for 8 minutes.
5Stir occasionally to keep the vegetables from browning.
6Add the broth and the pumpkin, if using canned; bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, for either 20 minutes (fresh pumpkin) or 10 minutes (canned pumpkin).
7Puree mixture in batches in a blender.
8Pour pureed soup through a fine strainer back into saucepan and return to boil.
9If it seems too thick, thin with a little hot broth or water.
10(can be made to this point up to 2 days in advance and refrigerated, loosely covered).
11Before serving, reheat soup to boiling.
12Pour back into the blender and add the cottage cheese and powdered milk.
13Blend 20 seconds.
14Taste for seasoning.
15Ladle the soup into 4 heated soup bowls; sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the minced fine herbs over each.
16Serve immediately.
17Peter kump - prodigy guest chefs cookbook
 
 
 
 

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