Creamy, cheesy vegetarian ravioli soup bursts with Italian pumpkin flavor and is perfect in autumn for a light lunch or delicious first course.
Pumpkin Ravioli Soup
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
My recipe of the day for today is Pumpkin Ravioli Soup with the Soup Saturday Swappers group, where each month the members take turns hosting and suggesting a common topic on which we all make our posts.
This month’s topic is for pumpkin and squash soups. Since I had a package of pumpkin ravioli I had intended to use for a lunch that I didn’t get to, and then was hungry for soup, I utilized it there instead. I did add a little pumpkin puree which I had some extra- but in recipes like these if you have extra it is easy to measure it and freeze in plastic bags. I usually do that in half cup increments.
For the base of this soup I used the usual French mirepoix, as I think it adds a concrete foundation upon which to build any soup. From there I added thyme to keep the French spirit as well as some sage to accentuate the pumpkin flavor. It is something I know I like because if I make something like pumpkin pierogies I love those with tons of fried sage leaves.
The cream and the Parm round everything out- the only thing I didn’t add was wine. But you could if you like, but for lunch meals such as this I sometimes skip that.
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Pumpkin and Squash Soups
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Pumpkin Ravioli Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 cup chopped carrot
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon crumbled sage leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- salt and black pepper, to taste
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 8.8 ounce package (approximate weight) fresh pumpkin or butternut squash ravioli
- 1/2 cup light cream
- 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1-2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley
- pinch grated nutmeg
Method:
- Saute the onions, carrots and celery in the oil until the onions soften.
- Stir in the garlic, sage, thyme, salt, pepper, vegetable broth, cornstarch, and pumpkin puree.
- Bring to a boil then reduce heat, cover and simmer for twenty minutes.
- Add the ravioli while boiling and cook 3-5 minutes more.
- Stir in the cream, parsley, Parmesan, and nutmeg while off the heat, gently stirring just enough for the cheese to melt and soup to heat through.
From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com
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I had no idea that one could find pumpkin ravioli! Great idea!
Trader Joe’s had them. Nut you can use the butternut ones too they taste almost exactly the same.
Packaged ravioli are such a great way to incorporate the theme. I love all of the French flavors you incorporated in this soup too.
This is totally my kind of soup! Sounds amazing and I love that there’s double pumpkin!!!
This sounds delicious Sue.
Wow- this sounds like my kind of soup- I would devour this!