Recipe - Quick Pumpkin Soup

3 tablespoon Butter
1 small Onion,; finely chopped
1 pound Unsweetened pumpkin
1 qt Or more chicken broth
1 One half cup Good quality bread, stale,
cubed,; optional
Salt, freshly grated black
pepper and mace
One half cup Or more of freshly grated
Swiss cheese
Heavy cream or sour cream
for garnish, optional
Snipped chives for garnish,
optional

Heat butter in a 4 quart saucepan. Saute onion for about 5 minutes or until
tender. Add the pumpkin and bring to a simmer until you are ready to eat.
(Note that if the soup is too thin, you can soak the bread in some more
broth and when tender, add it to the soup) Season to taste with salt and
pepper and a very fine touch of ground mace. Right before serving, remove
the hot soup from the heat and add the cheese. (For company you can whisk
in some heavy cream before serving or top the soup with sour cream).
Garnish with snipped chives. Yield: 46 servings
Recipe By :COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6731

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #316

Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 08:12:19 0500

From: Meg Antczak meginny@frontiernet.net