PUMPKIN CURRY SOUP
  2 Tbsp. butter 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 lb. sliced mushrooms 1 tsp. curry powder 1 Tbsp. flour 2 14-oz cans chicken broth 1 lb. can pumpkin 1 tsp. brown sugar 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper 1 cup half-and-half
  Heat butter; saute mushrooms and onion.  Stir in curry powder and flour; heat until bubbly.  Remove from heat and gradually stir in chicken broth.  Add remaining ingredients, except half-and-half.  Bring to a simmer over low heat.  Just before serving, add the half-and-half and continue to heat until hot, but do not allow soup to boil.  |