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Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 4 tablespoons butter divided
- 4 onions thinly sliced
- 4 individual pumpkins cleaned
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1/2 pound bacon
- 4 tablespoons pepper jelly
- 2 cloves garlic
- 8 slices bread cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
Nothing says fall like pumpkins and nothing says fun like individual pumpkin soups serve with spiderade for the kids and Lemon Espresso Martinis for the grown-ups!
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Caramelize onions in 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter.
- Divide onions between the 4 pumpkins.
- Fill pumpkins with hot chicken stock and replace tops.
- Bake 45 minutes.
- Place bacon on cookie sheet covered with non-stick foil.
- Spread pepper jelly on each slice of bacon.
- Place bacon into cold oven and set heat to 400°F and bake for 20 minutes.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoon olive oil and add garlic.
- When butter begins to bubble and brown remove garlic and add bread.
- Sauté bread turning constantly until toasted.
- Slice bacon very thin.
- Serve the soup topped with the croutons, Parmesan and bacon.