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Inspired from Taste of Home

Pumpkin Apple Soup

A pumpkin based soup with an apple bacon compote that tastes like Fall in a bowl.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Main Course
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

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

Equipment

  • Blender

Method
 

Soup Instructions
  1. In a large sauce pan, saute apples and onion in butter until tender. About 5 minutes.
  2. Stir in flour until blended then whisk in vegetable stock.
  3. Add pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. 
  4. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer covered for 25 minutes. 
  5. Cool slightly.
  6.  Pour into a blender, cover and process soup until smooth.
  7. 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
  1. Sauté bacon in a skillet until crispy and then set aside.
  2. In a clean pan, sauté diced apples, butter, cinnamon and brown sugar until soft.
  3. Once cool, crumble bacon into small pieces.
  4. 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. 

Notes

To store, keep apple compote separate from bacon crumble, and both separate from the soup to maintain individual flavors and textures.