CREAMY PUMPKIN SOUP RECIPE

CREAMY PUMPKIN SOUP  RECIPE:

1/4c. butter or margarine*

1 large yellow onion, peeled and

chopped

1/2 tsp. curry powder

1 15-oz. can pumpkin

1/4tsp. salt

2 c. half-and-half*

21/4c. chicken or vegetable broth

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

2 tsp. minced parsley

1/4 c. sour cream*

HOW TO COOK CREAMY PUMPKIN SOUP:

1. Melt butter in a medium-sized saucepan. Add chopped onion and cook, stirring frequently, until onion is soft but not brown. Add curry powder and cook 1 to 2 minutes longer.

2. Place curried onion in a food processor or blender. Add pumpkin and salt and process until smooth.Add half-and-half and process again until smooth.

3. Pour pumpkin mixture back into saucepan and stir in chicken or vegetable broth. Heat soup slowly over low heat, stirring occasionally.Meanwhile, stir cinnamon and minced parsley into the sour cream.

4. Serve soup steaming hot with a dollop of seasoned sour cream atop each bowl.