I took my kids for a fun adventure to Stew Leonards, a fun grocery store in NY that has talking cows and other talking animals throughout the store to keep the kids occupied while I shop. They have their own dairy and so I love to buy milk and yogurts there, but sadly they make a lot of their own foods and none of them are kosher. We did see them sample a Pumpkin Black Bean Soup and since we couldn’t taste it we decided to make our own and it was delicious and super easy,
Pumpkin Black Bean Soup
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 3 cup vegetable broth
- 1 can 15 oz. diced tomatoes
- 1 can 15 oz. black beans drained and rinsed
- 2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 tablespoon curry powder
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
- dash cayenne
- salt to taste
- garnish sour cream and jalapeno can use parve sour cream to keep it parve or skip it
Instructions
- Heat a medium sized pot over medium heat. Add oil.
- When oil is hot, add onion. Saute onions 5 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes, half the black beans and pumpkin puree. Stir to combine ingredients and bring soup to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and stir in curry, cumin, cayenne and salt, to taste.
- Simmer 5 minutes, then allow to cool a bit before using immersion blender to puree soup. Then add in the rest of the black beans and adjust seasonings to taste. Reheat if needed and serve garnished with a spoon of sour cream and finely chopped jalapeno.
I love, love your recipes! You are my “go to” person. However, as hard as it is to believe, I do not like pumpkin,(I know it’s unheard of)!. Can I substitute butternut squash instead. Thank you.
Great question, I think that should be fine, it might not be as thick, but should work great. Sweet potato also could work, but if you can’t find them pureed already you will have to add that step.
Thanks for commenting, you said it perfectly and I am so glad you liked it.
I’m always on the lookout for a great pumpkin soup that’s savoury, rather than sweet. I loved the flavour, and the absolute simplicity of this recipe. Thanks!
15 oz. each, I updated the recipe, thanks for asking.
Thank you Tamar. You are the best!
Can’t wait to make this!
What size cans for the diced tomatoes and black beans? Thank you.
Absolutely incredible. Not a combination I would’ve thought of, but it is simply delicious.