Today is Halloween and even though my son is all grown up, I still serve a holiday meal. Tonight my parent's join us.
Normally, I make a pumpkin stew but tonight I am going with a old stand-by Classy Chicken by Best of Bridge. You can never go wrong with this recipe. To go with it and keep the Halloween theme I am making a Curried Pumpkin-Pear Soup that is really good. It is based on a old pumpkin soup recipe of my Mom's with a dash of a local restaurant known as Stoneys who make the best Squash-Pear soup.
Curried Pumpkin-Pear Soup
1 onion chopped
1 large stalk of celery chopped
2 tbsp of butter
In large pot (or I use the Cusinart Soup maker) melt butter and saute onion and celery until soft. About 5 minutes.
Add:
1 tsp of curry (more to taste)
1/8 tsp of ginger
1/8 tsp of nutmeg
1 tbsp of flour
Mix
Add:
1 -2 cups of pumpkin puree (canned is fine)
1 pear
2 cups of chicken stock (bouillon is fine)
Simmer for at least 1/2 hour.
Puree soup with blender. (I can do all of the in the soup maker).
Pour back into pot. Add 1 cup of milk or cream.
Reheat but don't boil. Serve
