When I was a senior in college, a big part of my academic year was dedicated to planning and executing a theme dinner along with 6 of my classmates to complete our Hospitality and Tourism Management Degree. The evening was themed The Wondrous World of Willy Wonka–everything from the decor, to the entertainment and even the food was Wonka themed. So much planning went into this dinner, and rightly so because 200 of our closest friends and family attended this 5 course meal & event. It was a ton of work but so much fun to prepare.
All of my teammates were amazingly creative. Mitch and Cait were in charge of finding and creating the recipes and our second course of the meal was called “Augustus Gloop’s Pumpkin Soup”. This Pumpkin Apple Soup is one and the same. It is a creamy and savory soup with big pumpkin flavors. It also has an apple bacon compote that adds a sweet, cinnamon touch along with a salty bacon crunch that takes this dish to a whole ‘nother level.
This soup is simple to make and tastes like Fall in a bowl. I made this yesterday to inaugurate the Fall season and every time, I am enamored with it. Sound too strong for a soup? Maybe 😉 Regardless, I highly recommend making it at least once every autumn to really live into the Fall season.
Pumpkin Apple Soup
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
Soup Ingredients
- 3 cups canned pumpkin
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1/2 cup yellow onion
- 2 cups apples, peeled & diced approx. 2 large apples
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 4 cups vegetable stock
- 1-2 tsps salt to tase
- pepper to taste
Compote Ingredients
- 2 cups apples, peeled and diced approx. 2 large apples
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup cooked + crumbled bacon approx. 4 large slices of bacon
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
Soup Instructions
- In a large sauce pan, saute apples and onion in butter until tender. About 5 minutes.
- Stir in flour until blended then whisk in vegetable stock.
- Add pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer covered for 25 minutes.
- Cool slightly.
- Pour into a blender, cover and process soup until smooth.
- Pour back into sauce pan and stir in Apple cider, cream and salt and pepper to taste (usually 1-2 tsps of salt or until it *sings*).
Compote Instructions
- Sauté bacon in a skillet until crispy and then set aside.
- In a clean pan, sauté diced apples, butter, cinnamon and brown sugar until soft.
- Once cool, crumble bacon into small pieces.
- Place 1 tablespoon of apple compote & a sprinkle of crumbled bacon into the center of each bowl and pour soup around the compote into the bowl before serving.
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