Hearty Corn And Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 leeks, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, peeled and diced
• 9 cups chicken broth
• 5 small red potatoes, diced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• ground black pepper to taste
• 2 (16 ounce) cans pumpkin puree
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen whole-kernel corn
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley, or to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. cook and stir leeks and carrots in hot oil until softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
• stir chicken broth into leek mixture; bring to a boil. add potatoes, salt, cloves, and pepper; boil until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
• pour pumpkin puree into a large bowl. stir 1 cup of broth and potatoes mixture into pumpkin.
• pour pumpkin mixture, corn, and milk into chicken broth mixture in the large pot. stir to combine and simmer until heated through and flavors blend, at least 5 minutes. sprinkle individual servings with parsley.