Hearty Corn and Pumpkin Soup

Name: Hearty Corn and Pumpkin Soup
Total time: 50
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ⅓ cup olive oil; 2 leeks, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced; 2 carrots, peeled and diced; 9 cups chicken broth; 5 small red potatoes, diced; 1 ½ teaspoons salt; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; ground black pepper to taste; 2 (16 ounce) cans pumpkin puree; 1 (16 ounce) package frozen whole-kernel corn; ½ cup whole milk; 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley, or to taste

Recipe by Elizabeth Kerns VanderEsch from allrecipes.com

Dinner 50 Mins.

Ingredients

8 servings

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⅓ cup olive oil
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2 leeks, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
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2 carrots, peeled and diced
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9 cups chicken broth
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5 small red potatoes, diced
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1 ½ teaspoons salt

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¼ teaspoon ground cloves
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ground black pepper to taste
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2 (16 ounce) cans pumpkin puree
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1 (16 ounce) package frozen whole-kernel corn
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½ cup whole milk
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1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley, or to taste

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir leeks and carrots in hot oil until softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
Stir chicken broth into leek mixture; bring to a boil. Add potatoes, salt, cloves, and pepper; boil until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
Pour pumpkin puree into a large bowl. Stir 1 cup of broth and potatoes mixture into pumpkin.
Pour pumpkin mixture, corn, and milk into chicken broth mixture in the large pot. Stir to combine and simmer until heated through and flavors blend, at least 5 minutes. Sprinkle individual servings with parsley.