Pumpkin Ginger Soup
Soup mania continues. And this dairy free creamy pumpkin coconut ginger soup hits the spot. I decided I had to make something pumpkin today after making pumpkin pies from my gluten free cookbook (The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
We’re having nice weather here, in the 60′s and sunny, however with a chill in the air, I can’t get enough soup. And this one is a rich, filling and nourishing treat.
Everything has calmed down a bit since Halloween and the boys and I are settling into a good routine, other than those late night World Series games –come on Yankees, get the job done already!
In any event, I’ll be serving this warming soup to the boys for dinner tonight with salad greens from the garden (which currently exists in our cold frame). They’ll finish their chores and then we’ll eat dinner while we listen to the game playing on the radio.
Pumpkin Ginger Soup
- 3 cups roasted pumpkin
- 2 cups chicken stock
- ¾ cup coconut milk
- ¼ teaspoon stevia
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh squeezed
- 1 tablespoon ginger, minced
- In a vitamix
, combine pumpkin, chicken stock and coconut milk and process on high until smooth
- Blend in stevia, lemon juice and ginger
- Place mixture in a pot and bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes
- Serve
You may want to add more stevia to your soup than the recipe calls for to make it just a bit sweeter. I sometimes add a couple of drops of stevia to the individual bowls of soup. If you use a different type of stevia than the recipe calls for you may need to adjust your amounts, since different brands and types of stevia have different levels of sweetness.
The lovely Karina of Karina’s Kitchen also has a recipe for a yummy looking gluten free pumpkin coconut soup. I think that’s where I first got the idea to combine pumpkin with coconut in a soup, though I know I also saw something similar on one of my gluten free yahoo groups as well.
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Yay! You’re using stevia! Hope you got my post for Go Ahead Honey. Love this weather -Supposed to be even warmer tomorrow.
Love, Kelly
What a lovely flavor-pairing! Love the spice.
Sounds good to me! I love soup this time of year – its the perfect meal.
Yes, I love the pairing of pumpkin and coconut milk. Soft, subtle, lovely. Send some over, please!
I’ve made a pumpkin soup with coconut milk (and Thai curry paste!) before as well! I love the combo (well, I love anything with coconut milk, so…). That pumpkin is cool-looking, I haven’t happened across one like it. I’m all about soup this time of year as well, I’ve been a soup-making machine!
That sounds delicious. I made a similar butternut squash soup last week and didn’t think to add coconut milk. Great idea!
This sounds great! My youngest daughter is 11 months now, so I have been trying to make more food that the whole family can eat. I think we are going to love this.
I was making your Pumpkin Custard the other day and decided to make it into a cold (well, room temperature) soup. I thinned it out a bit and it was fantastic.
This soup looks like it will hit the spot. The weather has turned cold up here in Ottawa, ON and the combination of pumpkin and ginger should provide the warmth I’m carving.
Mmmm even the name of this soup sounds comforting! You have a cold frame!? That is so cool! I have been researching these because I’d like to build one. If it interests you- I would LOVE a post on how-to build/tips on a cold frame! It just makes so much sense to have one. Hope we aren’t too late to get started. xoxo
I would love it of you could hot link back to any description you may have already provided about how to roast pumpkins, as well as any thoughts about whether or not it might work or not, to substitute pumpkin in another form.
I run a food pantry & we have lots of canned pumpkin & if is adaptable it would be an AMAZING option….
What a gorgeous photo! Your soup looks so appealing. I can’t resist anything pumpkin. I’ve never heard of that stevia before, but it’s nice the recipe needs such a small amount.
Shirley
The use of fresh ginger is a delightful touch. The vitamix cannot be beat, Jim Babb.
Can’t wait to make the ginger pumpkin soup. It is great to have a powerful blender to put all those veggies into your soup and nobody even has to know.
hi, i’m wondering if when you say 3 cups of roasted pumpkin, you mean 3 cups pureed? or chopped? or what? i’m making it tonight and would LOVE to know soon!
For the 3 cups of roasted pumpkin, I bake my pumpkin (or other squash) then scoop it out of the skin and measure it in a measuring cup (or mason jar). Does that make sense? Hope it helps :-)
Oh wow — this looks so easy! I love the suggestion to mix it all up in the Vitamix.
I need soup. I love the ease of your recipes.
: )
Noel
i recommend blending some roasted sweet potatoes and roasted carrots along with the pumkin to add a natural sweetness from more veg instead of the stevia
and creme fraiche would be a nice garnish. you can spice it with some nutmeg and cinnamon or just leave it plain.
How much canned pumpkin would you substitute for the roasted three cups as she has in the recipe? All I have is canned this time or year. Need this for an anti-inflammatory diet for my daughter!!!
elena
can i subsitute the coconut milk with something else , i am allergic to coconut milk
thanks
prem
Could I make this and put it in a glass jar? Would it say good for a few months??
We harvested our first pumpkin of the year today. After roasting the pumpkin, the yield was enough to make a pie and a half batch of this wonderful pumpkin-ginger soup. Delicious! I usually grate fresh ginger and freeze it to use as needed – the flavor combination was perfect. This will be a regular at our house as long as the pumpkin lasts.
made this soup today and, since I don’t use stevia, used our own organic honey as a sweetener, which makes me wonder – why the lemon juice?
I found it totally masked the flavour of the pumpkin, and I ended up seasoning the whole batch with Thai spices and lemongrass, and that worked out ok.
Maybe I missed an ingredient??
Hi, Elana. I am a fan of pumpkin soups but would like them to be a bit spicier. What type of spice would you add to give this soup a bit of a kick without sacrificing the awesome pumpkin flavor?
Thank you,
Joey