Recipe

December 30, 2008

Pumpkin & Peanut Butter Soup Recipe

Recipe:

Step 1: Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in pie filling or fresh pumpkin, sweet potatoes and peanut butter.

Step 2: Add chicken or vegetable broth, pepper and salt, stirring until smooth.

Step 3: Reduce heat and simmer for about 25 minutes. To serve, garnish soup with sour cream and chives.

Makes 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

3 tbsp unsalted butter
3 cups canned pumpkin pie filling or fresh puréed pumpkin
3 cups puréed sweet potatoes
1 cup natural unsalted peanut butter
6-1/2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp salt
Sour cream as optional garnish
Chopped chives as optional garnish

Directions

Yield:

Step 1: Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in pie filling or fresh pumpkin, sweet potatoes and peanut butter.

Step 2: Add chicken or vegetable broth, pepper and salt, stirring until smooth.

Step 3: Reduce heat and simmer for about 25 minutes. To serve, garnish soup with sour cream and chives.

Makes 6 to 8 servings

Photographer:

©istockphoto.com/Helena Lovincic