Curried Pumpkin And Mushroom Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 lb mushroom, thinly sliced
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onions
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 4 cups chicken stock or 4 cups vegetable stock
• 1 1/2 tablespoons curry powder
• 4 cups pumpkin puree or 4 cups pumpkin pie filling
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 cups whipping cream (if you want to cut the fat) or 3 cups 2% low-fat milk (if you want to cut the fat)

Recipe

• 1 use a large saucepan to sauté the mushrooms, onion and butter until onions are clear.
• 2 add flour and curry powder and blend, stirring for five minutes.
• 3 add stock, pumpkin, brown sugar and nutmeg, stirring until blended.
• 4 transfer to a blender and purée until smooth.
• 5 add milk or whipping cream.
• 6 reheat until hot.
• 7 for vegetarian use the vegetable stock.