Pumpkin Black Bean Soup Recipes

BLACK BEAN-PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Place beans and tomatoes in a food processor; cover and process until blended. Set aside., In a Dutch oven, saute onions in oil until tender. Add garlic and cumin; saute 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth, pumpkin, vinegar, pepper and bean mixture. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes., Stir in bourbon if desired. Garnish each serving with sour cream, green onions and pumpkin seeds.

PUMPKIN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in wine. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half, 3-4 minutes., Add black beans, tomatoes, broth, pumpkin and seasonings. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, until flavors are blended, about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cream; heat through. If desired, top with chopped cilantro and tortilla chips. , Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through, stirring occasionally; add broth if necessary.

PUMPKIN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Pour 2 cans of the black beans into a food processor or blender, along with the can of tomatoes. Puree until smooth. Set aside.
• Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir until the onion is softened. Stir in the bean puree, remaining can of beans, beef broth, pumpkin puree, and sherry vinegar. Mix until well blended, then simmer for about 25 minutes, or until thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Stir in the ham, and heat through before serving.

PUMPKIN AND BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a soup pot over medium heat. Add oil. When oil is hot, add onion. Saute onions 5 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes, black beans and pumpkin puree. Stir to combine ingredients and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and stir in cream, curry, cumin, cayenne and salt, to taste. Simmer 5 minutes, adjust seasonings and serve garnished with chopped chives.

VEGAN BLACK BEAN SOUP WITH PUMPKIN

Steps:

• Combine onion and 2 tablespoons vegetable broth in a pot over medium heat. Saute until onion becomes glassy, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cumin and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute; avoid browning the garlic.
• Add black beans, pumpkin puree, 1/2 cup vegetable broth, coconut milk, and chipotle pepper in adobo. Simmer until soup starts to thicken, about 15 minutes.
• Stir in diced tomatoes and pumpkin pie spice. Coarsely blend with an immersion blender. Season with salt and pepper.

BLACK BEAN PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• In a food processor coarsely puree beans and tomatoes.
• In a 6-quart heavy kettle cook onion, shallot, garlic, cumin, salt, and pepper in butter over moderate heat, stirring, until onion is softened and beginning to brown.
• Stir in bean puree.
• Stir in broth, pumpkin, and sherry until combined and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 25 minutes, or until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
• Just before serving, add ham and vinegar and simmer soup, stirring, until heated through.
• Season soup with salt and pepper.
• Serve soup garnished with sour cream and toasted pumpkin seeds.

BLACK BEAN PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• In a food processor coarsely pureé beans and tomatoes.In a 6-quart heavy kettle cook onion, shallot, garlic, cumin, salt, and pepper in butter over moderate heat, stirring, until onion is softened and beginning to brown. Stir in bean pureé. Stir in broth, pumpkin, and Sherry until combined and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 25 minutes, or until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
• Just before serving, add ham and vinegar and simmer soup, stirring, until heated through. Season soup with salt and pepper.
• Serve soup garnished with sour cream and toasted pumpkin seeds.

CARIBBEAN PUMPKIN AND BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Stir cumin in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat 30 seconds. Add pumpkin, beans, coconut milk, broth and 3 tablespoons cilantro. Bring soup to boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 3 minutes to blend flavors. Mix in lime juice and lime peel. Season soup with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon cilantro.

PUMPKIN BLACK-BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place beans in a heavy saucepan and cover with boiling water to a level of about two inches above the beans. Add one teaspoon of salt, return to the boil and then simmer, partially covered, for about two to three hours or until the beans are tender. Add more water if beans become dry.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. When it has foamed, stir in the onions and garlic and saute for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly colored and tender. Set aside.
• When the beans are tender, stir in the tomatoes and transfer to a processor fitted with a steel chopping blade. With a few on-off motions, process until the beans have started to smooth out, but are still somewhat chunky. This will have to be done in batches. Return the beans and tomatoes to the saucepan and stir in the pumpkin, ham and two-and-a-half cups of stock.
• Add the sauteed onions and garlic, cumin, vinegar, salt and pepper and stir to mix well. Bring this mixture to the boil and then reduce heat and continue cooking uncovered for another 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the sherry and taste for salt, additional vinegar and other seasonings. If soup is too thick, add stock or sherry. If too thin, continue cooking until thicker.
• To serve, use a handsome pumpkin and cut off the lid in a scalloped or zigzag pattern. A so-called sugar pumpkin has fewer seeds and heavier meat. Remove the seeds and pull off the strings from them. Toast the seeds on a flat pan in a preheated 400-degree oven in two tablespoons of oil for seven to nine minutes or until they are well colored. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with salt. Fill the pumpkin with soup and use the toasted seeds as croutons.

PUMPKIN BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, heat the olive oil.
• Sauté the onion and garlic in the olive oil for about 4-5 minutes.
• Add the cumin and curry powder and sauté for an additional 4-5 minutes.
• Add the broth, thyme, pumpkin puree, salt, pepper and sugar. Bring to a boil.
• Stir in the black beans and tomatoes.
• Reduce heat. Cover and gently simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in the 1/4 cup nonfat sour cream.
• Serve.

BLACK BEAN PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Combine olive oil, red onion, garlic, cumin, salt, cinnamon, black pepper, and allspice in a large pot over medium-low heat; cook and stir until onion and garlic are browned, about 5 minutes.
• Combine 2 cups vegetable broth, black beans, and tomatoes in a blender; puree until smooth.
• Pour remaining 2 cups vegetable broth, pureed black bean mixture, and pumpkin puree into the pot. Simmer soup, uncovered, until thick, 40 to 45 minutes. Stir in balsamic vinegar before serving.

VELVETY PUMPKIN & BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a soup pot over medium high heat. Sauté your onions and cabbage with a pinch of salt to "sweat" the vegetables. You don't want to brown the vegetables - just cook them until they are soft and onions are opaque - approximately 10 minutes.
• Add broth, tomatoes, black beans and pumpkin puree. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium low to simmer for 10 minutes or so.
• Stir in cream, curry, cumin, cayenne and salt to taste. Simmer an additional 10 minutes and serve.