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PUMPKIN SOUP PUERTO RICAN STYLE
5 cups chicken broth 2 lbs pumkin or squash 1/2 cup Sofrito 1/4 cup chopped cilantrillo (chinese parsley) salt and ground pepper 1 cup heavy cream 1/2 tsp nutmeg
Peel the pumpkin and cut into 1 inch cubes. Place the pumpkin in large saucepan with the cilantrillo, Sofrito and chicken stock. Cover and simmer until the pumpkin begins to disintegrate, about 1 hour. Rub the soup through a sieve (puree in blender). Return to the saucepan, season with salt and pepper, stir in the cream and nutmeg and heat through without letting the soup come to a boil. The pumpkin could be substituted by another root vegetable (vianda) as for example yuca, ņame, malanga o batata. There was always soup in the table to begin a dinner.
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