Gavin Pumpkin Soup

Gavin came home from school raving about pumpkin soup.  I made a video of him telling all about how to make it.  (can't figure out how to post it yet!) He told me the ingredients were pumpkin from a can, onion (strange he would admit this since he usually avoids onion), garlic, chicken broth, salt, and heavy whipping cream.  I thought we might be missing a few ingredients, so we looked a couple recipes and modified this one to Gavin's specifications.  Gavin loved it!

Gavin's modified Pumpkin Soup 

Put in crockpot:

5 cups chicken broth, or 2 cans chicken broth and add water to make 5 cups total liquid

3- 15 oz cans of pumpkin puree (or you can cut recipe in thirds and use one can)

1/4 cup brown sugar

Sautee (Brown in skillet)

2-TBSP butter

1- onion diced

1 clove garlic

Blend in a blender the onion, garlic mixture with 1/2 cup water.  Add to crockpot

Add the following spices to crockpot

1/8-1/4 tsp crushed red pepper (makes it hot so be careful)

2 tsp curry powder

1/2 tsp ground coriander

Cook on low 4-6 hours 

Then 30 minutes before serving

Add milk and cream  (Cream tends to make it lumpy if you cook it too long.)

2 cups milk

1/2 cup heavy cream

Taste, and add 1/2 tsp salt if needed.  If too spicy you can add more cream, or milk to lessen the spice.