#uh also full disclosure: justin HATED this jgfkhgdj. follow your heart and your guts re: seasonings and taste as you go. *I* like it :B

[blujayonthewing]

@shorthistorian THIS WAS:

1/2 onion (diced)

1 clove garlic (crushed)

2c chicken broth

1 can pumpkin puree

[hand wiggles] An Amount of half and half

butter, for sauteeing onions

salt, pepper, cinnamon, allspice, and fresh thyme, to taste

punkin bowl, pumpkin seeds, and heavy cream to serve (optional but strongly recommended)

I sauteed the onions and garlic in a little butter until the onions were soft (in the future I'd probably put the thyme in at this step too, but that was an improvisation on my part so I put it in a little later and it's perfectly good like this). Then I added the broth and the pumpkin. At this point I hit it with the immersion blender, and from there it was just adding spices and tasting until it tasted good, and letting it simmer until the onions cooked down the rest of the way (texture was a little... Un Smooth I guess, when I blended it the first time, lol). I didn't measure any of the seasonings but it was a decently generous amount of salt, a few good cranks of the pepper grinder, maybe about a half teaspoon of chopped fresh thyme? and not actually very much cinnamon or allspice, just a half-decent sprinkle of each-- I wasn't going for a sweet flavor profile on this one so I didn't want the Pumpkin Spices to hit too heavy, but they add some depth :) When it was finished simmering I turned off the stove and stirred in half and half until it was the consistency I wanted. HONESTLY I don't know how necessary the little swirl of whipping cream is besides looking pretty, but I do definitely highly recommend the pumpkin seeds, or like, fried onions or croutons or something like that-- the crunch is really nice imo!

The recipe I was following was double this and called for a pie pumpkin or two cans of puree: if you wanna use fresh pumpkin, it said to boil chopped pumpkin chunks with the onions and garlic until soft, and then blend and season

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