Gluten Free Pumpkin Pecan Breads & Apple Parsnip Soup

I made this duo (the pumpkin breads were my own recipe and I borrowed the soup recipe from Cooking Light) for a wine party Andy and I went to last Friday.

I always make sure to bring Paleo friendly food to a potluck, but I especially like making comfort-type foods that non-Paleo people think they might miss if they cut wheat or sugar from their diet. The Pumpkin and Pecan Breads are such a treat! 🙂

Pumpkin & Pecan Breads

This recipe makes about 18 cupcake-sized breads. Each one can be served with the soup. You can place the bread in the bottom of the bowl and pour the soup over, or you can pour the soup in the bowl first and tear apart the breads using them as croutons.

Ingredients
2 cups pumpkin
1 1/2 cups chopped pecan
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 1/2 cups almond flour
1/4 cup honey
8 eggs
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon crushed ginger

Preheat oven to 325. In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients except for the pecans. In another bowl, whisk together eggs, pumpkin, and coconut oil. Add wet ingredients to the dry mixture and fold until just combined. Incorporate the pecans and then pour the batter into a loaf pan or into a cupcake pan with liners.

Bake until the middle of the breads gently spring back and the tops of the bread are golden brown.
Now for the soup….

Apple-Parsnip Soup (from Cooking Light Magazine–dairy ingredients omitted)

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 cup chopped onion

2 1/2 cups chopped peeled Pink Lady apple (about 1 pound)

1 tablespoon curry powder

1 1/2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger

1 teaspoon ground cardamom

1 garlic clove, chopped

3 1/2 cups chopped peeled parsnip (about 1 1/2 pounds)

4 cups fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth

1 cup apple cider

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Preparation:

1. Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion; cook 5 minutes or until tender, stirring frequently. Add apple and the next 4 ingredients (through garlic); cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add parsnip, chicken broth, and apple cider; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes or until parsnip is tender.

2. Place half of parsnip mixture in a blender. Remove center piece of blender lid (to allow steam to escape); secure blender lid on blender. Place a clean towel over opening in blender lid (to avoid splatters). Blend until smooth. Pour into a large bowl. Repeat the procedure with remaining parsnip mixture. Stir in salt and pepper.

This entry was posted on October 10, 2012 by cavegrrl. It was filed under Recipes and was tagged with apple, fall, gluten free, paleo, parsnips, pumpkin.