Vegetable-Ham Bisque, Perfect for Fall!

      Ever since I purchased this pumpkin soup tureen, I have been waiting for the moment that I would be able to put my Vegetable-Ham Bisque in it.  The color of the soup is perfect for this Autumn themed pumpkin tureen.  It rained really hard on Sunday, and this week the weather is only getting into the 80's!  The mornings and the nights are actually a little brisk! Plus, don't forget, I purchased these beautiful squash!

So, soup had to be made.  (Well actually, I still haven't brought myself to be able to cut the carousel squash.  They are so beautiful! But, see the butternut squash on the right in the back?  I used it for the soup. (If Walmart is all out, here is a similar tureen. And, I may have to get these little covered soup bowls for myself! (Probably two sets.  Maybe three. Wouldn't they be cute sitting on the table as the opening soup course?)  And, oh my goodness! Lindsey would love this set of pumpkin serving dishes! 

      I digress, let's make the soup to fill the dishes, shall we?  Start with the vegetables.  I peel everything for this dish because I don't want any random peels in the final product.  I use a potato peeler to peel even the squash!  It works really well.  Then you cut it all into chunks and put it in a large pot...

I usually make this soup when I have a left over ham bone. This time I didn't have one, so I bought a couple of ham hocks for about $4.00.

Oops! I almost forgot the onions! Also add the seasonings and then cover the entire thing with water and put on to simmer until everything is tender. This takes about 1/2 hour to 45 min. Your house will smell glorious!

When everything is tender, remove the ham bone and set aside. Puree everything with an immersion blender. Cut the ham bits from the bone and add back to the pot with 2 T. butter. Stir together.

Finally, you add cream to the mixture and simmer back to a serving temperature.

Isn't it beautiful in the tureen? This is only part of the soup. It makes a lot!

So much fun and fancy to use my tureen!

Click on the recipe for a pdf to print!

Goes great with crackers and I was thinking, even a grilled cheese sandwich.

I definitely need those little pumpkin bowls!

    Oh! And these!