Harvest Time Pumpkin Soup
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Soups
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 4
 

Ingredients:

1 small pie pumpkin -- cleaned out
2 medium potatoes
2 medium carrots
1 medium Onion -- finely chopped
2 cloves garlic -- crushed
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon fresh parsley -- basil, thyme,
1 teaspoon salt and pepper
4 tablespoons cream
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons soy sauce -- (optional)
1 Cup sour cream
1 bunch chives -- chopped
 

Preparation:

Cut pumpkin, potatoes and carrots into pieces and steam until tender. Remove peel from pumpkin. Save steaming water. Saute onion and garlic in a little olive oil until transparent. Puree onion, garlic and vegetables in a food processor, adding reserved water. Return the puree to a saucepan and add spices, salt and pepper, cream, butter and soy sauce. If soup is too thick, thin with a little water, milk or chicken stock. Heat but do not boil. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and chives.