Special Pumpkin Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. white bread crumbs
4 to 8 lb. pumpkin with a flat bottom
7 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. salt
2/3 c. minced onion
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. sage
1 bay leaf
1/2 c. grated Swiss cheese
chicken broth (enough to fill within 1/2-inch of rim)
1 c. heavy cream
parsley

Preparation

Dry bread crumbs in oven at 300\u00b0 for 15 minutes.
Cut a lid in pumpkin.
Remove seeds and fibrous insides; discard.
Rub inside of pumpkin with mixture of 1 tablespoon butter and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Cook onions in 6 tablespoons butter for 10 minutes.
Stir in bread crumbs; continue stirring and cook for 10 minutes longer. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt, other seasonings and cheese.
Put crumbs and cheese in pumpkin.
Fill pumpkin with enough chicken broth to fill within 1/2-inch of top.
Put pumpkin lid on.