Pumpkin Soup

By Love2cook_

Ingredients

• 3 T butter
• 1 Cup chopped onion
• 2 minced garlic
• 1/8 tsp crushed red pepper
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 cup uncooked orzo
• 1 1/2 cups half and half
• 1 T flour
• 1 15 oz can pumpkin

Preparation

Step 1

saute onion till tender, stir in pepper, cook 1 min. Add broth, bring to boil, stir in orzo simmer till tender. Shake 1/2 & 1/2 and flour, stir into mixture, cook till slightly thickened and bubbly. Stir in pumpkin and heat through. Serve, sprinkle with cracked black pepper and top with sliced red pepper strips.