Pumpkin Bean Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Place beans and tomatoes in a food processor; cover and process until blended. Set aside., In a Dutch oven, saute onions in oil until tender. Add garlic and cumin; saute 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth, pumpkin, vinegar, pepper and bean mixture. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes., Stir in bourbon if desired. Garnish each serving with sour cream, green onions and pumpkin seeds.

Steps:

• Pour 2 cans of the black beans into a food processor or blender, along with the can of tomatoes. Puree until smooth. Set aside.
• Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir until the onion is softened. Stir in the bean puree, remaining can of beans, beef broth, pumpkin puree, and sherry vinegar. Mix until well blended, then simmer for about 25 minutes, or until thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Stir in the ham, and heat through before serving.

Steps:

• Heat a soup pot over medium heat. Add oil. When oil is hot, add onion. Saute onions 5 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes, black beans and pumpkin puree. Stir to combine ingredients and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and stir in cream, curry, cumin, cayenne and salt, to taste. Simmer 5 minutes, adjust seasonings and serve garnished with chopped chives.

Steps:

• In a food processor coarsely puree beans and tomatoes.
• In a 6-quart heavy kettle, cook onion, shallots, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper in butter over moderate heat, stirring until onion is softened and beginning to brown. Stir in bean puree. Stir in broth, pumpkin puree and sherry until combined. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes or until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
• Just before serving, add ham and vinegar. Simmer soup, stirring, until completely heated through. Season soup with salt and pepper.
• Serve soup garnished with sour cream, if desired.

Steps:

• Heat a soup pot over medium heat.
• Add oil.
• When oil is hot, add onion.
• Saute onions 5 minutes.
• Add broth, tomatoes or tomato sauce, black beans, pumpkin puree and corn.
• Stir to combine ingredients and bring soup to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium low and stir in cream, curry, cumin, cayenne and salt, to taste.
• Simmer 5 minutes, adjust seasonings and serve garnished with chopped chives.
• For Vegan option use Soy Cream.

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, heat the olive oil.
• Sauté the onion and garlic in the olive oil for about 4-5 minutes.
• Add the cumin and curry powder and sauté for an additional 4-5 minutes.
• Add the broth, thyme, pumpkin puree, salt, pepper and sugar. Bring to a boil.
• Stir in the black beans and tomatoes.
• Reduce heat. Cover and gently simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in the 1/4 cup nonfat sour cream.
• Serve.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in wine. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half, 3-4 minutes., Add black beans, tomatoes, broth, pumpkin and seasonings. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, until flavors are blended, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cream; heat through. If desired, top with chopped cilantro and tortilla chips. , Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through, stirring occasionally; add broth if necessary.

Steps:

• Place tomatoes and beans in a food processor, process until about half of the beans are smooth. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add onion to pan, sauté 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add cumin and garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add bean mixture, broth, and next 3 ingredients (through pumpkin); bring to a boil.
• Ladle about 1 cup of soup into each of 6 bowls; sprinkle each serving with about 2 tablespoons queso fresco and about 1 tablespoon green onions. Garnish with pumpkin seed kernels, if desired.

Steps:

• Place beans in a heavy saucepan and cover with boiling water to a level of about two inches above the beans. Add one teaspoon of salt, return to the boil and then simmer, partially covered, for about two to three hours or until the beans are tender. Add more water if beans become dry.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. When it has foamed, stir in the onions and garlic and saute for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly colored and tender. Set aside.
• When the beans are tender, stir in the tomatoes and transfer to a processor fitted with a steel chopping blade. With a few on-off motions, process until the beans have started to smooth out, but are still somewhat chunky. This will have to be done in batches. Return the beans and tomatoes to the saucepan and stir in the pumpkin, ham and two-and-a-half cups of stock.
• Add the sauteed onions and garlic, cumin, vinegar, salt and pepper and stir to mix well. Bring this mixture to the boil and then reduce heat and continue cooking uncovered for another 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the sherry and taste for salt, additional vinegar and other seasonings. If soup is too thick, add stock or sherry. If too thin, continue cooking until thicker.
• To serve, use a handsome pumpkin and cut off the lid in a scalloped or zigzag pattern. A so-called sugar pumpkin has fewer seeds and heavier meat. Remove the seeds and pull off the strings from them. Toast the seeds on a flat pan in a preheated 400-degree oven in two tablespoons of oil for seven to nine minutes or until they are well colored. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with salt. Fill the pumpkin with soup and use the toasted seeds as croutons.

Steps:

• Coat a large soup pot with cooking spray and set over medium-low heat. Add onion, cover and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, about 6 minutes.
• Stir in pumpkin, broth, beans and oregano; simmer 8 minutes.
• In a blender, process soup in batches until smooth. Return soup to pot and reheat; season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls and top each with 1 tablespoon of grated cheese.