5 from 18 votes
Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Sage
Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Sage blends roasted sugar pie pumpkins and yellow onions simmered in chicken or vegetable stock, seasoned with pumpkin pie spice and salt. Finished with mascarpone cheese and topped with crisp sautéed sage leaves, the soup is creamy and aromatic, offering comforting fall flavors with herbal brightness from the sage.
Prep Time
50 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings:
4
Calories:
889 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 4 sugar pie pumpkin
- 1 yellow onion sliced, large
- 4 ½ cups chicken stock or vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
- ½ pound butter plus 2 tablespoons, divided, 2 sticks
- 1 sage reserving a dozen leaves, bunch
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
- salt to taste
- ¼ cup mascarpone cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Over medium heat, heat oil in a large stockpot, add onions and bring temperature down to medium-low to sweat onions until translucent. Meanwhile, cut pumpkins in half and remove seeds.
- Place sage leaves in each pumpkin half and place on a baking sheet, skin side down. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter, then brush the pumpkin halves and roast for 45 minutes.
- When softened and pumpkins can be pierced with a fork, remove from oven and peel skin from pumpkins.
- Combine pumpkin with the remaining ingredients into stock pot (except for the butter and onions). Simmer for ½ hour.
- Remove from heat and add mixture to blender in batches, incrementally adding butter and onions. Adjust seasoning to taste.
- In a saucepan, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and add reserved sage leaves. Sauté until lightly browned.
- Serve soup with a dollop of mascarpone, fried sage leaves and a whirl of olive oil if desired.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
6g
Calories
889kcal
(44%)
Carbohydrates
97g
(32%)
Protein
16g
(32%)
Fat
58g
(89%)
Saturated Fat
34g
(170%)
Cholesterol
136mg
(45%)
Sodium
1486mg
(62%)
Potassium
4698mg
(100%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
41g
(82%)
Vitamin A
117954IU
(2359%)
Vitamin C
125mg
(139%)
Calcium
346mg
(35%)
Iron
12mg
(67%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 889
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 6g | |
| Calories | 889kcal | 44% |
| Carbohydrates | 97g | 32% |
| Protein | 16g | 32% |
| Fat | 58g | 89% |
| Saturated Fat | 34g | 170% |
| Cholesterol | 136mg | 45% |
| Sodium | 1486mg | 62% |
| Potassium | 4698mg | 100% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 41g | 82% |
| Vitamin A | 117954IU | 2359% |
| Vitamin C | 125mg | 139% |
| Calcium | 346mg | 35% |
| Iron | 12mg | 67% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.