Subject: Pumpkin Soup
From: "Dale Goodman" <[email-masked]>
Date: 23 Oct 1999 09:51:18 -0600
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes

I hope this is what you're looking for,I got this recipe from an Italian
cookbook.

Pumpkin Soup

1 lb. pumpkin
1/2 lb. potatoes
1 onion,chopped
1/3 cup butter or margarine
2 1/2 cups milk
salt and pepper
2 leeks,sliced
2 1/2 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup cream
2 Tbsp. chopped parsley

Peel and dice pumpkin and potatoes Melt half the butter or margarine in a 
saucepan and saute the onion until golden brown. Add the diced pumpkin and 
potatoes and milk.Bring to a boil,reduce heat and simmer for about 40 minutes. 
Sieve or puree in an electric blender. Season to taste with salt and pepper. 
Saute the leeks in the remaining butter or margarine. Add to the soup with the 
chicken stock.Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for five minutes. Before 
serving,stir in cream and chopped parsley.

Serves 6

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