Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      small         pie pumpkin -- cleaned out
   2                    potatoes
   2                    carrots
   1                    onion -- finely chopped
   2      centiliters   garlic -- crushed
                        olive oil
                        fresh parsley -- basil, thyme,
                        -- chopped
                        salt & pepper
   4      tablespoons   cream
   2      tablespoons   butter
   2      tablespoons   soy sauce -- (optional)
                        sour cream
                        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.