Name: Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Ingredients: 15 oz 100% pumpkin puree; 4 cups cubed butternut squash; 1 cup chopped carrots; 2 cups chopped onions; 1 tbsp minced garlic; 3 cups broth; 1 cup heavy cream; ½ tsp salt ((use more according to your liking) ); ¼ tsp black pepper; ¼ tsp ground sage ((use more according to your liking) ); a pinch of nutmeg; ⅛ tsp ground cayenne pepper

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A comforting pressure cooker pumpkin soup recipe. This creamy pumpkin is cooked in an instant pot and only requires 8 minutes of cooking time with quick release. It’s a naturally gluten-free soup that contains heavy cream but has no flour added. It’s also an easy fall soup recipe that anyone in your family can enjoy!

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Why You'll Love this Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Soup:
PUMPKIN SOUP INGREDIENTS:
SOUP BASED INGREDIENTS:
TO THICKEN THE SOUP:
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Why You'll Love this Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Soup:

This pressure cooker pumpkin soup is actually quite healthy, filling, and satisfying. The soup is thick and creamy, loaded with pumpkin, carrots, and butternut squash. This is an easy instant pot soup recipe to warm up your winter!

How to Cook Pumpkin Soup in an Instant Pot

The soup broth is seasoned with fall spices like ground sage and ground nutmeg. To balance out the sweet flavor, I also added a bit of ground cayenne pepper to elevate the flavor. Don’t worry, it’s not a spicy soup. Your kids won’t even notice the cayenne pepper in it.

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PUMPKIN SOUP INGREDIENTS:

In this recipe, I used 100% puree pumpkin soup that I purchased from local Trader’s Joe. If you prefer to use the fresh pumpkin, feel free to do so. You must replace the canned puree pumpkin with 3 cups of cubed fresh pumpkin and increase the cooking time to 10 minutes in an instant pot. Pumpkin is packed with vitamins and minerals, and it’s relatively low in calories and high in beta-carotene.

Butternut Squash: To make this winter soup, I added 4 cups of cubed butternut squash. If you have some leftover, be sure to use them to try out these other recipes: BUTTERNUT SQUASH PASTA SAUCE, SLOW COOKER BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

SOUP BASED INGREDIENTS:

To add flavor to the soup base I used a combination of carrot, onion, and garlic. I just threw these vegetables into the pot; no saute needed!

Be sure to use spices! To add a little kick to the soup I used a small amount of ground sage, nutmeg, and cayenne pepper.

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To add creaminess to the soup, I added some regular heavy cream. You can also use half n half. Or, for a healthier alternative, feel free to use coconut cream. If you are a vegan, use any other non-dairy almond or cashew milk instead.

Leftover creamy pumpkin soup should last up to 3-4 days in the fridge or up to 3-4 months in the freezer. Please keep in mind that creamed soups sometimes separate when you defrost and reheat them due to the cream base. To fix this, you just need to whisk the soup by hand or with a blender.

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