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October 17, 2021 | Updated August 19, 2022 | Laura
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This pumpkin soup recipe is my favorite fall dinner and favorite soup! It's made with real pumpkin, delicious fall savory seasonings, and lots of white cheddar cheese. Heavy cream is drizzled on top to make this super extra creamy. When topped with ground pecans, this soup is the ultimate fall meal. Serve this soup up during the entire fall season, for Halloween dinner, and at Thanksgiving.
Cheesy, Creamy, and Absolutely Amazing
This pumpkin soup will exceed all of you expectations and exactly what you need to be eating this fall. Nothing beats a bowl of hot soup on a cool day!
This pumpkin soup is filled with pumpkin puree, caramelized onions, garlic, delicious fall spices, and a lot of white cheddar cheese.
If you have never had the pumpkin and cheese combo before, you are definitely missing out! The white cheddar and pumpkin compliment each other so well. This soup is topped with heavy cream and ground pecans for the perfect fall soup.
This cheesy pumpkin soup paired with my The Addams Family night! I topped the soup with a cream spider web for a spooky look! While this soup really doesn't have a connection with the movie, it just seems like something Morticia and Gomez would be eating at their dinner table. Well except their soup may have actual spiders and web in it!
I paired the purple mysterious and spooky cocktail with this dinner for a wonderful dinner and movie night! This soup and cocktail combination would also be perfect for a fancy Halloween party. So much fun!
White Cheddar Pumpkin Soup Ingredients
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✽ Olive Oil + Butter + Onions: This combination will have your house smelling SO GOOD. I cook the onions until they become slightly caramelized to give this soup extra depth of flavor.
✽ Garlic: Will make this soup extra good. If you're really into garlic (and let's be honest, who isn't?), you can add more to fit your taste!
✽ Fresh Oregano: Adds some earthy flavor and a little bit of peppery taste.
✽ Pumpkin Puree: Gotta have pumpkin to make pumpkin soup. You can use canned or fresh pumpkin puree.
✽ Chicken Stock: Homemade stock makes this soup so good, but store-bought stock or chicken broth will taste great as well! If you want to make this pumpkin soup vegetarian, use vegetable stock or vegetable broth instead.
✽ Seasonings: paprika, cumin, cayenne, nutmeg, kosher salt, pepper
✽ White Cheddar Cheese: After some experimenting in the kitchen, I found that white cheddar worked the best with the pumpkin. However, gruyere was also tasty!
✽ Heavy Whipping Cream: Will add some extra creaminess to the soup right before serving.
✽ Ground Pecans: I was hesitant to put nuts on top of a soup, but this works so well that I couldn't help myself. The little bits of pecan with the cheesy pumpkin and spices is to die for. Walnuts would taste good too!
How to Make Cheesy Pumpkin Soup
➊ First up- onions. In a large pot or large saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil together over medium-low heat. Once the butter is melted, add 1 sliced onion. Continue to cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 10-15 minutes. The onions should turn deep in color but not burn.
➋ Add in 2 minced garlic cloves and 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano leaves. Cook for about 30 seconds until garlic is fragrant.
➌ Stir in the seasonings: 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon paprika, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne.
➍ Then add in 15 ounces pumpkin puree and 4 cups of chicken stock (or vegetable stock). Mix until well blended. Turn heat up to medium-high and cook until simmering. Lower heat to maintain a steady simmer, and cook soup for 15-20 minutes until thickened.
➎ Once the soup is thickened, pour it in to a blender. Please do be careful with this step!! If you put a lot of hot soup into a blender, the top can blow off and cause burns. Trust me, I know... Allow the soup to cool off a bit, and don't fill up your blender more than half full. I do mine in two batches. Take the middle of the blender lid out and cover the top of the blender with a towel. Start blending low and gradually increase speed until soup is fully pureed. You could also use an immersion blender for this step.
➏ Pour soup back into the saucepan, and stir 6 ounces of shredded white cheddar cheese. Cover saucepan loosely with the lid. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until soup is heated through and cheese is melted.
➐ Spoon soup into bowls. Right before serving, top individual servings of soup with a drizzle of heavy whipping cream and a sprinkle of ground pecans.
Cream Spider Web Instructions: If you want the spider web on top of the soup, pour about 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream in a medium bowl. Whisk until the cream is thickened. Put the thickened cream into a pastry bag (or a plastic baggie with a small corner cut off), and pipe the cream in a web-shape on top of the soup.
What to Serve with Cheesy Pumpkin Soup
• Crusty Bread; This pumpkin soup is a pretty filling soup on its own, but it is so so so good with a good piece of crusty bread! Dip that bread in the soup and enjoy!
• Mysterious and Spooky Cocktail; If you want to keep up with The Addams Family theme, try out this mysterious and spooky cocktail made with cranberry juice, blue curacao, and grenadine. With both of these delicious, mysterious, and spooky Addams Family recipes, you are sure to have the perfect Halloween movie night!
Cheese Pumpkin Soup Questions
✽ How do I puree soup in a blender?
Very carefully! I have a scar on my left arm reminding me of my soup incident a couple years ago.
If you put too much hot soup in a blender, too much pressure builds up, the lid flies right off, and hot soup goes everywhere. Literally everywhere.
First, allow the soup to cool off a few minutes before blending. Second, don't fill up the blender more than halfway full. I have to do two batches for this soup. Third, take the middle part out of the blender lid, and cover the lid with a towel. Fourth, start at a slow speed then work your way up to a faster speed.
✽ What kinds of cheeses work with pumpkin?
White cheddar is my favorite with pumpkin, and I think it tastes the best with this soup. Gruyere is also really good as well as goat cheese!
31 Days of Halloween
This tasty soup recipe is a part of my 31 Days of Halloween. For each day in October, I come up with a cocktail recipe and snack recipe that perfectly matches a scary movie, Halloween movie, or a fun spooky activity. Check out 31 Days of Halloween for all of your Halloween snack and drinking desires!
Looking for more Halloween ideas?
→ Check out all of my favorite Halloween recipes!
Cheesy Pumpkin Soup
By Laura | Laura the Gastronaut
Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 30 minutes | Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
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This pumpkin soup recipe is my favorite fall dinner! It's made with real pumpkin, delicious fall savory seasonings, and lots of white cheddar cheese. Heavy cream is drizzled on top to make this super extra creamy. When topped with ground pecans, this soup is the ultimate fall meal. Serve this soup up during that spooky time of the year, for Halloween dinner, and at Thanksgiving.
*Some of these ingredient links may be affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.*
Ingredients
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 yellow onion, sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 15 ounces pumpkin puree, canned or homemade
• 4 cups chicken stock, or vegetable stock for vegetarian soup
• 6 ounces white cheddar cheese, shredded
• Heavy whipping cream, for topping
• Ground pecans, for topping
Instructions
➊ In a large pot, heat olive oil and butter over medium-low heat. Once butter is melted, add in onions. Cook for 10-15 minutes until onions are browned, stirring occasionally.
➋ Stir in garlic and oregano. Cook until garlic is fragrant, about 30 seconds.
➌ Add in seasonings, pumpkin puree, and chicken stock. Stir until well combined. Turn heat up to medium-high until soup begins to simmer. Lower heat to maintain a steady simmer. Cook for an additional 15-20 minutes until soup is thickened.
➍ Remove from heat, and pour soup into a blender. *Do not fill blender more than halfway full. You may need to do two batches.* Allow to cool for a few minutes. Remove the middle part of the blender lid, cover the blender with a towel, and begin to blend at a low speed. Carefully increase speed and continue to blend until soup is completely pureed.
➎ Add blended soup back to the saucepan, and stir in cheese. Put saucepan on low heat, loosely cover with lid, and cook until soup is heated through and cheese is melted.
➏ Spoon soup into bowls. Top each bowl with a drizzle of cream and a sprinkle of ground pecans.
Cream Spider Web Instructions: Pour about 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream into a medium bowl. Whisk until thickened. Spoon the thickened cream into a pastry bag (or a plastic sandwich bag with the tip of a corner cut off), and pipe the cream in a spider web-shape onto the soup.
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Category: Halloween, Fall, Lunch & Dinner, Vegetarian Cuisine: American
Keywords: halloween pumpkin soup, vegetarian pumpkin soup recipes, pumpkin cheese soup, pumpkin soup with cheese, halloween soup recipe, easy recipes for halloween night, pumpkin cheddar soup
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✽ Fall Sangria (this fall sangria contains all the fall fruit, spiced rum, and red wine for a delicious boozy fall treat)
→ Check out all of my fall recipes!
Bon appétit!
October 17, 2021 by Laura Ehlers
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