About the Recipe
Ingredients
4 lbs pumpkin or Squash , not peeled
5 Tablespoon olive oil
2 cups onions sliced
2 teaspoons salt
To taste black pepper
1/8 teaspoon grated nutmeg
5 cups chicken or vegetable broth
4oz fontina cheese, diced
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 425 Degrees Ferinhiet
Cut pumpkin(s) in half and scoop out seeds and place in bowl for later
Slice pumpkin into 2 inch slices
Brush slices with 2 Tablespoons olive oil
Place on aluminium foil cover cookie sheet peel side down
Roast in oven for 30 minutes
Remove pumkin from oven let
Clean seed by removing all the orange stringy bits from the seeds
Rinse seeds and spread on towel to dry
Slice the pumpkin off the peel with large chef knife additionally, removing an burnt pumpkin flesh
Cut the roasted pumpkin into 2 inch squares
Heat remaining oil in 6qt heavy bottom soup pot
Add onions and cover
Reduce heat and cook 5 minutes without coloring
Stir in the squash and season
Cover and cook another 5 minutes
Pour in the broth and bring to a boil
Cover , reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until pumpkin is very tender
Puree soup
Toss pumpkin seeds in oil and salt and pepper
Roast pumpkin seeds inthe oven till dry
Cool pimpkins seeds and set aside
Serve Hot over cheese
Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds