Pumpkin Peanut Soup

Pumpkin Peanut Soup

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Servings: 8

    • About This Recipe

    “The combination of peanut butter and cream, makes this unusual soup very rich. It goes together in a snap for an elegant first course. A hollowed out fresh pumpkin shell makes a unique serving tureen”

    Ingredients

  • 1mediumonion
  • 2stalkscelery
  • 4clovesgarlic
  • 2teaspoonsbutter
  • 2teaspoonsflour
  • 5cupsvegetable stock
  • 1cupcreamy peanut butter
  • 1 (29ounce) cans pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream or 1/2 cuphalf-and-half
  • 1/2 teaspooncayenne
  • 1teaspooncoriander
  • 1 1/2 teaspoonsgrated fresh ginger
  • salt & pepper

    • Directions

  • Finely mince the onion and celery.
  • Either use a garlic press for the garlic or mince extremely fine.
  • Melt the butter in your stock pot and sauté the onion, celery and garlic in the butter for about five minutes or until soft.
  • Add flour and stir for a minute or two until it’s disolved.
  • Add the stock, followed by the remaining indgredients, whisking the mixture so it remains smooth.
  • Simmer for about fifteen minutes and serve.

    • Reviews

  • “I used a whole can of full fat coconut milk, 2 cups LESS stock and perhaps LESS peanut butter (chunky) with GREAT RESULTS.Just what I was hunting for!I have also made this with additions of chickpeas and also with curry pastes. So filling without filling you out!”

  • “Excellent!I used 1/2 cup low fat peanut butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 4 cups chicken stock rather than 5 vegetable, and one can of fat-free evaporated cream.It turned out wonderful.My DH really enjoyed it and couldn’t quite identify the peanut butter taste.To him it tasted like a soup cooked out over an open fire. This is a keeper. Thanks, Mirj.”

  • “Sumptuous, thick texture.The balance between pumpkin and pb is perfect.I had to spice it up alot.Since I didn’t have celery, I threw in a littl curry powder because it smelled like celery.I think nonfat evaporated milk could easily be used instead of the cream.My husband tends to cal my soups “gulag soups”.He couldn’t with this one!And….he went back for a second bowl.Yummy good.”

  • “Yum!What a great soup.Something different.I used no sugar peanut butter so ended up putting 1/4 cup of brown sugar into it since I assumed the PB in the ingredients had sugar in it.I also subbed heavy cream for sour cream, since I didn’t have any on hand.I’m serving it to my mom who just had surgery on her mouth and needs “soft” foods.I hope she likesit as much as I did!”

  • “Very lovely soup.I have been fighting a bit of a cold so I think my taste buds are a wee off and had to double the spices. And it still felt as if something was missing, so I add a bit of honey and apple cider vinegar, and that is when it cam alive. Lovely soup, easy to make, thank you for a good recipe.”

  • “I thought this was good, but the family was a little turned off! They thought the peanut butter was a little strong (even though I only added 3/4 cup instead of 1 cup). I used dry vegetable soup mix with water for the vegetable stock. I like that it is not your normal run of the mill soup!”

  • “This was so good! I 1/2d the recipe and it turned out fine. We tasted more peanut butter than pumpkin, so I may cut the peanut butter amount in 1/2 for next time. I used the hand blender to smooth out the soup ( I don’t mince very well). The 2nd and 3rd day it tasted maybe even better!”

  • “Thanks, I really enjoyed this. It was quick and easy to make and the perfect “comfort food” on a gloomy day. Add a baguette and it’s dinner. I adjusted the ratio to favor more pumpkin and less peanut because I found the peanut overpowering. “

  • “The flavors in this are very subtle. I think it might be fun to try with chunky peanutbutter.My son loved it.”

  • “Very creamy and tastes great. The 13 month old couldn’t shovel it in fast enough [not bad for someone who is still learning to use a spoon!] and even the picky 4 year old liked it.Definitely worth a go!”

  • “Great recipe! It’s easy to make and very tasty!”

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