How To Make Pumpkin Soup

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.

Melt some whole butter in a pan.

Add diced celery and onion to the melted butter and sweat them for about 4 minutes until translucent, being careful not to brown them.

Grate fresh nutmeg using a microplane, about 1/4 teaspoon.

Add flour to the vegetables to make a roux, stirring to avoid lumps and scraping the bottom of the pot to prevent sticking.

Season the vegetables with salt and black pepper.

Pour in about 6 cups of chicken stock and bring to a boil.

While waiting for the stock to boil, prepare an apple relish by chopping half a honey crisp apple and a quarter of a red onion into small pieces.

Add dried cranberries, a squeeze of lime juice, honey, cinnamon, and chili powder to the apple and onion mixture and mix well.

Once the stock is boiling, add the pumpkin puree and stir to incorporate, ensuring it breaks down into the broth.

Add heavy cream to the soup, mixing well.

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