Molly’s Pumpkin Soup
6 cups chicken stock
2-3 cups pared pumpkin, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 cup thinly sliced onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
5 peppercorns
1 medium pumpkin
1/2 cup heavy cream, warmed
1 teaspoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
In a covered saucepan, heat the stock, cubed pumpkin, onion, garlic, salt, thyme, and peppercorns to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes.
Remove 1/2 cup of the pumpkin with a slotted spoon; reserve.
Simmer remaining pumpkin mixture, uncovered, 20 minutes longer; transfer to a large bowl.
Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Cut the top off the pumpkin and remove the seeds.
Place the pumpkin on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes; set aside in a warm spot.
Puree 2 cups of the pumpkin mixture in a blender or food processor; return pureed mixture to the pot.
Repeat with remaining pumpkin mixture.
Heat pureed mixture to boiling; reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
Stir warm cream and reserved pumpkin into soup.
Place the warmed pumpkin on a platter; ladle the soup in and garnish with parsley.
Don's Note: River Valley white worked really well with the soup!
