| 1 | If using pumpkins for serving bowls, heat oven to 350°F. |
| 2 | Rinse pumpkins; pat dry. |
| 3 | Cut a wide circle around the stem of each pumpkin making a lid. |
| 4 | Remove lid and with spoon, scrape out seeds and stringy portion from pumpkins. |
| 5 | Place pumpkins and their lids in large shallow roasting or baking pan. |
| 6 | Cover pan with aluminum foil. |
| 7 | Bake pumpkins 30 to 50 minutes or just until flesh is fork-tender. |
| 8 | Test lids for doneness after 30 minutes; if tender, remove and set aside. |
| 9 | (do not overbake or the pumpkins will collapse). |
| 10 | To microwave, place 3 or 4 pumpkins with their lids inserted on top in microwave ovens. |
| 11 | Cook 15 to 20 minutes, rotating them every 5 minutes, or until tender. |
| 12 | Repeat until all of the pumpkins have been microwaved. |
| 13 | In 4-quart saucepan, heat broth and cauliflower to boiling over high heat. |
| 14 | Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer fresh cauliflower until tender-about 10 minutes. |
| 15 | If using frozen cauliflower, cook about 5 minutes. |
| 16 | With slotted spoon, remove cauliflower to blender or food processor, leaving broth in saucepan. |
| 17 | Add onion to broth remaining in saucepan; cover and heat to boiling. |
| 18 | Cook until tender-about 5 minutes. |
| 19 | Meanwhile, in cup, combine ?c milk, the flour, salt, and pepper until smooth. |
| 20 | Stir flour mixture into onion and broth. |
| 21 | Cook mixture, or sauce, stirring constantly, until it thickens and boils. |
| 22 | Remove from heat. |
| 23 | In blender, puree cauliflower with ?c sauce and the half-and-half pour cauliflower soup into small saucepan and keep warm over very low heat. |
| 24 | In same blender (no need to wash), blend remaining sauce until smooth; return to saucepan; set aside. |
| 25 | Add half the mashed pumpkin and ?c milk to blender; blend until smooth; pour into saucepan with sauce. |
| 26 | Repeat to puree remaining mashed pumpkin with remaining milk. |
| 27 | Heat pumpkin mixture, or bisque, over low heat just until hot, stirring constantly. |
| 28 | (do not allow to boil). |
| 29 | To serve, ladle pumpkin bisque into baked pumpkin "bowls" or serving bowls and place on serving plates. |
| 30 | Drizzle cauliflower soup on top of each serving. |
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