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- From: yduJ@edsel.uucp (Judy Anderson)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Pumpkin cheese soup
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- Date: 15 Nov 87 16:36:55 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CHEESE-SOUP1 SPV "5 Nov 87" 1987
- .RZ "PUMPKIN CHEESE SOUP" "Cheese soup in a pumpkin shell"
- This recipe came from the 1983 Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival, and was
- published in our local newspaper in 1984.
- .IH "Serves 6"
- .IG "1" "pumpkin"
- (big enough to hold 6\-10 servings of soup)
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "butter," "30 g"
- melted
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "butter" "30 g"
- .IG "1" "large onion,"
- chopped
- .IG "2" "large carrots,"
- shredded
- .IG "2" "celery sticks,"
- chopped
- .IG "4 cups" "vegetable broth" "1 liter"
- .IG "1" "garlic clove,"
- minced
- .IG "\(14 tsp" "salt" "1 ml"
- .IG "\(14 tsp" "pepper" "1 ml"
- .IG "\(14 tsp" "nutmeg" "1 ml"
- .IG "\(34 cup" "light cream" "200 ml"
- .IG "1 cup" "cheddar or gruyere cheese," "120 g"
- grated
- .IG "1/3 cup" "dry white wine" "100 ml"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "parsley," "5 g"
- minced
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Preheat oven to
- .TE 375 190 .
- Butter a baking sheet.
- .SK 2
- Prepare pumpkin: cut off the top, scoop out seeds,
- brush inside with
- .AB "2 Tbsp" "30 g"
- melted butter.
- Replace top and place pumpkin on baking sheet. Bake 45 mins or until
- tender when pierced with a fork. The pumpkin should be a bit droopy
- but still hold its shape well.
- .SK 3
- Meanwhile, melt
- .AB "2 Tbsp" "30 g"
- butter in a big saucepan. Add onion, carrots, celery.
- Saut\z\(aae until soft, about 10 mins. Add broth,
- garlic, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Cover, and simmer 20 minutes. Cool
- slightly.
- .SK 4
- Puree vegetable mixture in 2 or 3 batches in a blender or
- food processor. Put back in saucepan; stir in the cream. Reheat.
- Add cheese and wine, heat until cheese melts. Stir
- frequently after adding milk to avoid scorching.
- .SK 5
- Place hot pumpkin on serving platter. Pour in soup. Sprinkle with
- parsley.
- .NX
- Serve the soup by ladling out of the pumpkin at the table, scopping a little
- bit of pumpkin into each serving. The pumpkin then makes a great centerpiece
- for your table, while allowing people to have second helpings.
- .PP
- I use half greyere and half cheddar. Shred the cheeses very
- finely so they will melt rapidly.
- After the soup is all gone, the pumpkin
- can be cut up, washed, and used in pumpkin pie. It may need more
- baking to become soft enough to puree for the pies.
- .PP
- It was impossible
- to find pumpkins after Halloween near San Francisco, but
- fortunately they keep for a month until Thanksgiving in a cool area
- if left uncut.
- .PP
- In North America, light cream is often called "half and half".
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 1 hour.
- .I Precision:
- approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Judy Anderson
- Lucid, Inc., Menlo Park, California, USA
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