Preheat oven to 400ยบ. Cut your Pumpkin in half, remove the seeds and cut the half into 4 large slices. Lay the flesh side down on a baking sheet along with a sliced onion, garlic bulb halved, an apple cubed, a red pepper and carrots cut into pieces. Drizzle with olive oil, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes and bake for 1 hour or until everything is soft.
Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes. Remove the skin from the pumpkin and squeeze the garlic from the hull, and transfer everything into a large pot. Add chicken broth, water, salt, and pepper and boil for 15 minutes to bring all of the flavors together.
Using an immersion blender, blend all of the ingredients until smooth.
Add in nutmeg, cinnamon, maple syrup and whipping cream and let simmer for a few minutes. Add more salt or pepper to taste.
In a separate pan, brown 4 tbsp of butter. Add in fresh sage leaves and cook until leaves are crispy. Remove the leaves from the butter and pour the soup into bowls or little cups. Garnish the individual soup bowls/cups with a drizzle of whipping cream, a tsp of browned butter, a couple of crispy sage leaves, a few roasted pumpkin seeds and more red pepper flakes (if you want the added heat).
Enjoy!