Caramelized Onion and Sage Pumpkin Soup
By Ingrid Gangestad. Start your meal with this flavourful soup, or serve it for lunch with a grilled cheese sandwich or an apple-mixed green salad.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 large sweet onions, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp brown sugar, packed
- 1 tbsp vinegar, balsamic
- 4 cup chicken broth
- 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin
- ½ tsp dried rubbed sage
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- Sour cream, if desired
- Fresh sage leaves, if desired
DIRECTIONS
In a 5-quart Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat.
- Cook onions in butter 15 to 20 minutes until very soft and beginning to brown; stir in brown sugar and vinegar.
- Continue cooking 5 to 10 minutes longer until onions are golden brown. Stir in remaining ingredients except sour cream and fresh sage. Heat to boiling; reduce heat.
- Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- With immersion blender*, puree soup until smooth. Ladle into bowls; garnish with sour cream and fresh sage.