Simple Pumpkin Soup
1/2 cup onion
3 tbsp. butter
2 cups mashed cooked pumpkin
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground pepper
3 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup half and half or fat free half and half.
Chop the onions and gently brown
with butter in a pan. Put mashed pumpkin
with onions in pan. Add the salt,
sugar, nutmeg and pepper. Slowly add chicken
broth and heat thoroughly, but do
not boil. To serve, pour into a tureen and
add the cream. Makes 4 to 6 small
servings.
