Spiced Apple-Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients

• 1 small (about 1 1/2 lbs) pie pumpkin
• 1-2 tbsp Wegmans Basting Oil
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 stalks celery, chopped (about 3/4 cup)
• 1/2 sweet onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
• 2 Braeburn apples, peeled, rough chopped
• 2 tbsp Wegmans Butter
• 1 tbsp Wegmans Clover Honey
• 1/8 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Wegmans Pure Vanilla Extract
• 2 small bay leaves
• 4-5 sprigs fresh thyme, stripped, rough chopped
• 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2 cups Food You Feel Good About Vegetable Culinary Stock
• 2 cups Wegmans Apple Cider
• 1/2 pint Wegmans Heavy Cream
• crème fraîche