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Diana Chistruga
Nothing says fall like creamy, velvety pumpkin soup. Here, Food & Wine's best pumpkin soup recipes incorporate maple, cinnamon, bacon, and more flavor combinations to make during the crisp, cool months of sweater season. Try them all and choose your favorite way to experience autumn in a steaming hot bowl.
Whole Baked Pumpkin Soup
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You'll need two pumpkins to make this six-ingredient soup — baking them whole traps the steam inside, resulting in a lush, velvety pumpkin puree and making the skins easy to remove. A simple reduction of dry white wine mingles with butter to balance the sweetness of the pumpkin.
Pumpkin Soup with Thai Red Curry Paste and Lemongrass
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Instead of the usual autumn spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, this pureed pumpkin soup was inspired by Thai flavors. Coconut milk makes it especially creamy, while Thai red curry paste and garlic lend depth and heat. Lemongrass, ginger, and a squeeze of fresh lime juice brighten each spoonful.
Creamy Pumpkin Soup
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Diana Chistruga
Silky smooth and delicately spiced, this pumpkin cream soup is one of those fantastic recipes that yields an amazingly delicious dish with very minimal effort — it's table-ready in just 45 minutes.
Pumpkin and Apple Soup
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Save the large Jack-O-Lantern pumpkins for carving — this recipe leans on smaller, sweeter sugar pumpkins for their superior flavor. Tart Granny Smith apples provide the perfect contrast.
Pumpkin and Yellow Split Pea Soup
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Adding pumpkin to dal — the spicy Indian legume dish — results in a hearty soup with a lovely edge of sweetness. You'll need both fresh and canned pumpkin to make it.
Sweet and Savory Pumpkin Soup with Maple Sugar
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This iteration of pumpkin soup owes its unique flavor to the addition of maple sugar. Just a tablespoon stirred into the pumpkin puree provides a sweet edge as the soup simmers; garnish each bowl with a light sprinkle before serving.
Pumpkin Soup with Fideos
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Though this dish is vegetarian, cooking the pumpkin with cinnamon and cloves gives the broth an "implied meatiness," says chef Michael Solomonov. Toasted fideos help thicken the soup and make it even more substantial.
Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Bacon and Thyme
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© Emily Farris
Made with the usual assortment of warming spices plus a bit of fresh thyme, it's the bacon topping that really sets this pumpkin soup recipe apart from the rest.
Pumpkin Soup with Creole Lobster
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Chefs Slade and Allison Rushing's luxurious take on pumpkin soup is topped with lobster bathed in spicy butter — the natural brininess helps bring out the soup's deep, earthy flavor.
Pumpkin Soup with Sage and Ham
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© Matt Armedariz
Sage, pumpkin, apple, and ham provide all the makings of a delicious autumn soup. We use canned pumpkin here in the name of speed.
Pumpkin Bisque with Spicy Shrimp
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Elegant and unexpected, this pumpkin bisque features fiery prawns against a creamy base made with leeks, white wine, and a Cajun spice blend.
Pumpkin Miso Soup
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Fresh ginger, miso, soy sauce, and a seaweed garnish give this completely plant-based pumpkin soup a distinctly Japanese flavor profile.