The Tastiest Pumpkin Soup !! | SouthSide BBQ

cream

🥗Healthier: coconut milk

💰Cheaper: milk

Coconut milk is lower in calories and adds a unique flavor.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water

Homemade stock is more nutritious and flavorful.

Cut the top off the pumpkin using a small serrated knife on a diagonal.

Remove all the seeds from the pumpkin.

Add a good amount of butter inside the pumpkin.

Slice up maple glazed bacon and add it to the pumpkin.

Season with salt, white pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and brown sugar.

Add one sliced onion to the pumpkin mixture.

Prepare the Weber kettle with one basket of coals to reach about 350°F.

Cover the pumpkin and cook for about an hour, adding more briquettes as needed to maintain temperature.

After about two hours, check the pumpkin for softness and rotate it for even cooking.

Remove the cap of the pumpkin to allow smoke to penetrate the flesh, using apple wood chunks for about 30 minutes.

Once cooked, carefully extract the pumpkin flesh using cotton gloves.

Combine the pumpkin flesh with the flavorful juices from inside the pumpkin.

Blend the mixture using a stick blender, adding vegetable stock to achieve desired consistency.

Add cream to the soup for a silky mouthfeel and rich flavor, adjusting with more stock as needed.

Taste the soup and adjust seasoning if necessary.

Toast some tank loaf to serve with the soup.

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