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Asian Pear Pumpkin Soup takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Asian Pear Pumpkin Soup takes 45 minutes to cook.

Asian Pear Pumpkin Soup makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Asian Pear Pumpkin Soup are:

1 cup onion chopped (prefer white)
1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2 Tblsp honey
1 Tblsp country crock light spread
1 cup Chicken broth
2 cups fresh pumpkin puree
1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2 asian pears cored and sliced.

Here is how you make Asian Pear Pumpkin Soup:

in a microwave safe bowl place 3 cups of raw cubed pumpkin and 1/4 cup water. Secure with serran wrap. Microwave for 8 min..While pumpkin is steaming..In a stock pot..Sautee onions with butter,honey, and pumpkin spice till translucent.Remove pumpkin from microwave. Drain. If soft enough use a potatoe masher to mash till smooth or use a blender. Add pears and pumpkin to stock pot. Stir to coat with honey/onion mixture. Slowly add chicken broth. (works well with vegitable stock too)...Bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer...Cover and let cook for 20 to 25 min.Remove from heat. Place a strainer in a bowl. Pour mixture through strainer. Place pears and pumpkin mixture left in strainer in blender.Pulse blender till smooth. Add broth by spoonfuls to mixture in blender if becomes too thick. Return broth to pan add pear/pumpkin puree..stir well bring back to simmer. Makes five 1 cup servings. *for presentation looks beuatiful with a sprinkling of pumpkin spice on top. and a swirl of plain yogart.EnjoyNumber of Servings: 5Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ARTICLILY.

The nutritional information for Asian Pear Pumpkin Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 99.0

• Total Fat: 1.8 g
• Cholesterol: 0.5 mg
• Sodium: 564.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 19.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.2 g
• Protein: 3.4 g