Recipes with pumpkin??

Primrose

I think the best way of freezing pumpkin for later use is to roast/bake it first rather than trying to freeze it raw. Drizzle with a little butter or olive oil and then mash or freeze it in chunks. Roasting will concentrate the sugar in it and improve the flavour. Boiling it may not necessarily harm it but I'm sure roasting will give you a better result.

Trinny

Jolaaled wrote: »

well.....i just roasted chunks of the tesco (99p) ultra cheapo pumpkin...it tasted disgusting!!! ..despite using best olive oil and cumin seeds. Very disappointing. I'm wondering if these pumpkins were really just for halloween carvings. It really was inedible.

Yes you can use carving pumpkins for eating - we do every year. We buy them after halloween when they are going for a song at the local garden centre.

Basically cook the pumpkin the way you would cook swede - boil in chicken or veg stock - add carrot, onion, potato, herbs and when all cooked puree until smooth and add milk to make into soup - our pumpkin lasted 6 weeks after being cut - kept it on the top of the fridge.

Pumpkin soup is great

HTH

Trin

guinness34

hi all can any of you nice people please tell what to do with a pumpkin.
son-in-law brought me one tonight but i have never know what to do with one, has anyone got any ideas how to perpare and how to cook.
do you boil, roast or what i have no idea please feel free to move this if it is in the wrong place please and thank you

helyg

Here are some recipes from Economy Gastronomy: (topical!) http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/05/economy-gastronomy-pumpkin-feast

Here is a good "what to do with a pumpkin" page: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/glossary/pumpkin/

HTH! x

guinness34

wow that was quick thank you very much indeed

guinness34

one more question can you freeze it ?
please and thank you
has anybody freeze it
we freeze most thing

helyg

I have frozen it cooked and pureed for the kids when they were babies and also have frozen pumkin soup so I don't see why it wouldn't, not sure whether it would freeze uncooked though.

guinness34

hi helyg thanks for you reply i have just googled it an found out that you can freeze it uncooked
just peel, take out seeds , chop and freeze
thank you

Mel2

My favourite way to cook pumpkin and squash is to roast chunks in oil with plenty of salt and pepper. Yummy!!!!

juliapenguin

I'm with Mel2. Also good with a sprinkling of Cajun seasoning or Season All before roasting.