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Pumpkin Soup Served in a Pumpkin (Potage au Potiron) Recipe

"There was a little farm near where we lived, in Alsace, in a small town by the name of Thann, where we got our pumpkins My mother would make soup just this way; she served it in the pumpkin, too We kids looked forward to it every year..."

INGREDIENTS
1 pumpkin, 8 to 10 inches in diameter
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 medium onion, sliced
2/3 cup dry white wine
2 small white turnips, peeled and sliced
1 large carrot, peeled and sliced
1 large potato, peeled and sliced
5 cups chicken stock (or water), or as needed
1 10-inch French-style baguette or 2 small rolls, crusts removed, thinly sliced
1/2 cup heavy cream
Salt and ground white pepper
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