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October 8, 2008
Pumpkin and Bacon Soup
Last night's delicious leftovers reminded me that I failed to talk about this wonderful, easy soup I made. It was so easy that I was able to make it after getting slightly sloshed while watching last Thursday's stupid-ass VP debate.
Our CSA brought us a little sugar pumpkin last week, and I was pretty sure I knew where I could get some decent bacon, so I girded my loins with some gin, watched idiocy in action, then made some soup.
I bought that other squash at the produce market at the Oxbow because I was a-skeered that my little punkin wouldn't be big enough, and I was right. It was a lovely squash, but it sure was hard to peel.
I sauteed some bacon, then added sliced onions, celery and sage.
Then water (I didn't have any stock) got added, then the soup simmered until the squash was soft. The recipe said to put the soup into a blender, but I was traumatized by soup and a blender at a tender age, so I stuck my rhnn thingy into the pot and let it do its immersion-blender-y job.
The soup was garnished with crumbled bacon and sage, and because I was somewhat intoxicated, roasted pumpkin seeds. The seeds didn't exactly work, but they were nice and nutty so we ate them anyway.
Yum. For a soup that used water instead of stock, it was plenty flavorful. The texture was nice and rich and creamy (without cream), and the sweet pumpkin and the sweet-salty bacon were beautiful together. With this we drank Champagne cocktails and wished we could move to Canada.
Comments
Mmmmm, delicious! And that's exactly what immersion belnders are for! (besides milkshakes)
Posted by: Rachel T at October 8, 2008 11:30 AM
The soup was lovely, and the leftovers were just as delicious last night. I even helped a bit this time. In addition to making cocktails, I was on bacon chopping and frying duty.
Posted by: Nathan at October 8, 2008 1:36 PM
OOh, it reminds me of an amazing summer squash soup I made a short while back. I was hesitant at putting the spoonful of peanut butter in it, but it really added to it.
I should add some gin while I cook it next time...
Posted by: Jes at October 8, 2008 2:49 PM
You drink?!?!
Posted by: Bob at October 9, 2008 8:00 PM