Pumpkin soup with sour cream and bacon

Name: Pumpkin soup with sour cream and bacon
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Boil
Ingredients: 55.00 g butter; 2.00 onion medium, sliced; 900.00 g pumpkin peeled,chunks; 4.00 bacon streaky rashers, chopped; 5.00 ml fresh thyme chopped; 5.00 ml brown sugar; 600.00 ml milk; 600.00 ml stock vegetable or chicken; 60.00 ml sour cream; bread crusty, to seve

4 servings Prep: 15 mins, Cooking: 40 mins

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (10)

55.00 g	butter
2.00	onion — medium, sliced
900.00 g	pumpkin — peeled,chunks
4.00	bacon — streaky rashers, chopped
5.00 ml	fresh thyme — chopped
5.00 ml	brown sugar
600.00 ml	milk
600.00 ml	stock — vegetable or chicken
60.00 ml	sour cream
	bread — crusty, to seve

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Method:

Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the onions and fry gently for five minutes. Stir in the pumpkin, bacon, thyme and brown sugar and cook for a few minutes more. Add the milk and stock, then cover and leave to simmer for 30 minutes. Purée half of the soup, then pour back into the remaining soup to thicken the mixture. Top each serving with 15 ml sour cream and serve with crusty bread.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes