Pumpkin Soup

If you like simple recipes, you'll enjoy this pumpkin soup recipe from Chef Tips host Jason Hill. This easy recipe uses just a few simple ingredients: one pumpkin, half and half, seasoned croutons and Gruyere cheese. It is layered and placed in the oven to form a deliciously thick French pumpkin soup. It's perfect for your Thanksgiving or Halloween party.

Pumpkin Soup

3 pound pumpkin
6 ounces onion-garlic seasoned croutons
1/2 cup Gruyere cheese, or more as needed
1 quart half and half

Cut lid on top of washed pumpkin large enough for a ladle. Remove fibers and seeds from inside.

Layer inside of pumpkin with handfuls of croutons and layers of grated cheese. Finally, top with half and half, almost to the top. Season with fresh cracked pepper and sea salt. Add a sprig of fresh tarragon (or 1 teaspoon dried tarragon) and place lid on pumpkin.

Bake on a cookie sheet for 1 1/2 hours at 350 F. When pumpkin is ready, stir with a spoon, scraping bits of pumpkin meat into the soup. Mixture should be thick. Enjoy!

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[MariposaNegra17]

I just made this soup and followed the directions very closely, but the soup came out very lumpy. It is more like the consistency of a dip rather than a soup...do you know what could have caused this? Of course, it still tastes very, VERY good!!! Thank you for this wonderful recipe!!! :)

[ChefTips]

@MariposaNegra17

Hello and thanks for your question/comment.

This will not have the consistency of a pureed soup. It will be a bit lumpy as opposed to creamy. As long as the chunks are tender and not hard, you did everything right.

Cheers!

[rocalberto]

wow this programs are great, not pretensious at all, and clearly instructed.

thanks chef for making my cooking better!!

[ChefTips]

@rocalberto

Thanks for your comment!

[nustada]

Would this overcook, or undertook chicken/duck bits if mixed in initially?

[ChefTips]

@nustada

Hello. I would cook the bits first, then add to the soup.

[NealAGray]

Make me some Sarah.....yummy..........., maybe Spencer will like it too...

[ChefTips]

@amoura289

Hello. It's half milk and half cream. You can use cream in place of half and half.

[amoura289]

Hi this recipe looks fab! I'm just a bit confused with half and half, what is it?

[bienlabloger]

@ChefTips no, thank you!