Apple Pumpkin Bisque Recipes

Steps:

• Melt the butter in saucepan on low heat, don't burn the butter!
• Mix in the flour.
• Slowly stir in the milk.
• Stir constantly over medium heat until thickened. (about 15 minutes or so).
• Add pumpkin, mix and heat thoroughly.
• Slowly add the cider and fully incorporate.
• Sprinkle with some nutmeg to serve.
• For some variation ideas, add some cubed butternut squash or pumpkin, golden delicious apples, and/or orzo. It feels a little empty having nothing but bisque.

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium heat in a large, heavy saucepan. Sauté the onion and ginger until onion is tender, about 4 minutes. Add pumpkin, applesauce, chicken broth, honey, vinegar, cinnamon stick, chile pepper, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and simmer about 15 minutes until flavors are blended. Stir in sour cream just before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the apple, pumpkin seeds, butter, thyme and nutmeg in a bowl. Transfer to a baking sheet and bake 20-30 minutes; Transfer to a plate and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan over medium heat; then add the onion, and cook until translucent, about 3 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the cider, broth, pumpkin, potatoes, bay leaf, salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer until the pumpkin and potatoes are soft enough to mash easily, about 30 minutes.
• Remove the saucepan from the heat; let the soup cool for a few minutes. Discard the bay leaf.
• Transfer the soup in batches to a blender or food processor and puree.
• Return the soup to the saucepan and bring to a simmer.
• Garnish with the apple and pumpkin seeds and serve.

Steps:

• In a large, heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Sauté the leek and chopped apple until the leek softens, about 4 minutes.
• Add the vegetable broth, yam, puréed pumpkin and thyme leaves.
• Bring the soup to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until the yam and apple are soft when pierced with a knife, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Transfer the hot soup to a blender or food processor and purée.
• Pour it into 6 bowls, Garnish each bowl with a teaspoon of the chives, and serve.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute apples and onion in butter for 3-5 minutes or until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually whisk in broth. Stir in the pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Cool slightly. , In a blender, cover and process soup in batches until smooth. Pour into a bowl; cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. , Just before serving, transfer soup to a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat for 5-10 minutes. Stir in the apple juice, cream, salt and pepper; heat through.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a soup pot over medium heat.
• Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring often for 5 minutes.
• Add pumpkin and cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes.
• Add wine and simmer until reduced by half.
• Add vegetable and chicken broth; cook until reduced by half.
• (At this point, pumpkin should be soft - if not, continue cooking until soft.).
• Puree soup in a food processor or blender.
• Return soup to pot.
• Season with cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• Stir in cream and maple syrup.
• Reheat, if necessary, and serve.

Steps:

• Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Preparation: Melt butter over medium heat in a large, heavy saucepan. Sauté the onion and ginger until onion is tender, about 4 minutes. Add pumpkin, applesauce, chicken broth, honey, vinegar, cinnamon stick, chile pepper, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and simmer about 15 minutes until flavors are blended. Stir in sour cream just before serving.