Pumpkin Pear Soup with Maple Cream

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 108.5
  • Total Fat: 2.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 8.6 mg
  • Sodium: 883.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 21.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
  • Protein: 2.1 g

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Introduction

A nice fall recipe from Cooking Light "Soups and Stews" special edition magazine that is low in calories and fat! A nice fall recipe from Cooking Light "Soups and Stews" special edition magazine that is low in calories and fat!
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 Tbsp Butter
    1 cup chopped onion
    1 Tbsp brown sugar
    1/2 tsp groud cumin
    5 cups peeled fresh pumpkin (about 2.5 lbs)
    3 cups fat free, less-sodium chicken broth
    1/2 tsp salt
    2 cups coarsely chopped peeled ripe Bartlett pears (about 2)
    1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
    2 Tbsp maple syrup
    Thyme sprigs (optional)

Directions

1) Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, brown sugar, and cumin; cook 5 minutes or until onions are tender; stirring occasionally.

2) Add pumpkin, broth, and salt; bring to a boil over medium-high. Add pear; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes or until pumpkin is tender.

3) Remove from heat. Cool slightly. Place half of pumpkin mixture in a blender; process unitl smooth. Pour into a large bowl. Repeat prcedure with remaining pumpkin mixture. Return pureed mixture to pan; keep warm.

4) Combine sour cream and maple syrup. Ladle soup into serving bowls; drizzle maple cream over each serving. Garnish soup with thyme sprigs, if desired.

Yeild: 8 servings (serving size: 1 cup soup and 1 teaspoon maple syrup).

Note* if you find this a bit bland like I did feel free to add additional spices. I added some curry powder to taste which was quite nice!

Serving Size: makes 8 servings of 1 cup soup and 1 tsp maple cream

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JENNIFEREG.