Recipes with pumpkin??

purple45

I made pumpkin soup which I thought was horrible, but the other half liked it ;-) I just wanted to add that I cooked the pumpkin seeds and they were lovely. You wash them and dry for 24 hours, then you put a bit of olive oil on them and you can toast in the microwave for about 8 minutes, turning every 2 mins or so. I sprinkled with a little bit of salt and ate them warm. (I allow a bit of salt here and there as I don't have any in my diet normally). There were various methods of cooking which I found on the internet.

SailorSam

Last year i noticed Asda selling off pumpkins for 10p after halloween, i don't think i've ever eaten it but thought if they're giving them away for pennies again, i'll try it.
Thanks purple for the tip about the seeds, i was going to plant a few.

ALIBOBSY

Agree about the pumpkin seeds yummy roasted, I wondered about grinding them up to throw into pumpkin muffins which are supposed to be good. We also saved some roasted for the hamster (unsalted obviously) he loved them as did the chickens lol.

Ali x

covlass

Thank you all love the idea of roasted pumpkin seeds x

sazzy6

Is it possible to get the eatable stuff out of a pumpkin and they carve the pumpkin?

I wanted to make a soup or risotto but I also would like a lantern for Monday night so can I do both?

If so how do I get the flesh out?

mmmsnow

First of all, if it's a carving pumpkin, there's a good chance that it won't have much flesh on it to start with (the culinary ones are grown for flavour and "meat", while the carving ones are just for show). It is very difficult to get the flesh out without baking the pumpkin (which softens the flesh).

valk_scot

sazzy6 wrote: »

Is it possible to get the eatable stuff out of a pumpkin and they carve the pumpkin?

I wanted to make a soup or risotto but I also would like a lantern for Monday night so can I do both?

If so how do I get the flesh out?

I grow a dual purpose type of pumpkin that's both a nice round orange shape and has enough flesh to be worth cooking. Basically you cut off a "lid", scoop the stringy seedy part out with your hands (you can roast washed pumpkin seeds to eat with a little salt) and then scoop out the flesh with either a very strong tablespoon or a metal ice cream scoop. I aim to leave about a one inch thick shell of skin and flesh for carving. The kids usually get bored long before this is finished have to say. They just like the actual carving.

Must say though I very seldom cook the pumpkin flesh nowadays. I used to but lately I've gone off the smell and lets face it, it doesn't taste of anything much in itself.

hot.chick

I would do the same as above, use a spoon to scoop out what u need being careful not to go to close to the skin.

Quite hard work

mothsinmywallet_2

Pumpkin cake is delicious. Really moist and lovely.

katkins78

I've used melon ballers and ice cream scoops before, depends on how firm the flesh is. Most of the inside of halloween pumpkins is full of stringy flesh and seeds.
Jamie Oliver has a lovely recipe on his site for Squash/Pumpkin muffins and they last really well, I've made them dozens of times but don't normally bother with the frosting.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pastry-cake/butternut-squash-muffins
Pumpkin pie is delicious too, and I have found both freeze very well for packed lunches.