This pumpkin soup with rice, milk and fresh thyme comes straight from my grandmother's recipe archive. It's comforting like a minestrone but creamy and indulgent like a risotto. The perfect dish to start the beautiful autumn season ahead.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 6-8 people | 1 hour |
| Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 1 1/2 hour | 20 minutes |
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This pumpkin soup with rice, milk and fresh thyme comes straight from my grandmother's recipe archive. It's comforting like a minestrone but creamy and indulgent like a risotto. The perfect dish to start the beautiful autumn season ahead.
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Ingredients
- 3 lbs pumpkin
- 3/4 cup arborio rice
- 8-10 cups filtered water
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1 Carrot
- 2 sticks celery
- 1 leek
- 2 tsp fresh thyme
- 2 tsp rosemary minced
- 3 tbs Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tbs Butter
- Sea salt to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
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Instructions
- Clean the pumpkin (save the seeds for pepitas). Peel one half of it, and dice it to 1-1 1/2-inch cubes; set aside. Cut into quarters the other half, and bake in 450 F preheated oven for approximately 1 hour. Check the pulp after 1 hour, it needs to be soft enough to puree.
- Meanwhile, on a cutting board, dice carrot, celery, leek and aromatic herbs, and sauté in a 8-Quart stock pot with butter and olive oil. (5-10 minutes). Add the pumpkin (previously diced), the aromatic herbs, and warm filtered water. Let it simmer for 45 minutes, gently stirring from time to time.
- Scoop the baked pumpkin off the skin and puree with a hand mixer. Add half of the puree to the soup. Continue to simmer for 15 more minutes. Add water if necessary, or if you like more of a liquid soup.
- After one hour has passed, taste the soup and make sure the pumpkin is soft. Add salt to taste, but remember that we are going to add the rice. I always adjust salt at the very end.
- Add rice and simmer until dense, thick, and completely cooked. Approximately 30 minutes.
- Add milk and adjust salt and pepper. Let it rest for 20 minutes before serving with plenty of freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
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