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Recipes with pumpkin??

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  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
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    Anyone got any tips for hollowing out the pumpkin without cutting off my fingers? There must be an easy way to do it surely?
    MiL & I actually gave up 1 year and carved them into the shapes, scooped out the seeds and then used then like that because we couldn't get the flesh out. I'm not even sure how much I'm supposed to take, any tips gratefully recieved!
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  • billieboy_2
    billieboy_2 Posts: 1,361 Forumite
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    peb wrote: »
    I'm interested in this thread as I fancy trying to make pumpkin soup. what has stopped me is that I am sure I have read (on here somewhere!) that the pumkins made for Halloween are not the best ones for eating; they can be watery and tasteless as they are grown for size and not for taste.

    ANyones thoughts on this would be appreciated.
    I just bought one from a big box in Somerfield for 99p. It didn't say if they were specifically for Halloween or eating:confused: but I only made soup with it (which tasted fine) so don't know what it would be like for, say, a pie. Try roasting it instead of peeling and boiling, it adds a richer, nuttier flavour. HTH.
  • peb
    peb Posts: 1,959 Forumite
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    If they are only 99p I'll give it a try.

    Thanks
  • I'm just about to make pumpkin soup for the first time! What about the seeds? I have rinsed them off, this may sound daft but do I need to roast them or can they be eaten as they are?

    Thanks.
  • You can roast the seeds and eat them but a warning here.....the varieties of pumpkin grown to be jack o lanterns don't taste that great. They tend to be all water and bland flesh. You can buy special pumpkins grown for flavour but they aren't the big carving beasties.....The West Indian stall on our market has cracking pumpkin! You buy a chunk and it tastes fab.
    If you do use your carving pumpkin roast it first to concentrate what flavour there is and season it up with spices and stuff......or (frivolous I know) just buy a can of Libbys Pumpkin Puree for £1.19 from Waitrose....enough for one pumpkin pie with a recipe on the back!
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  • billieboy_2
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    I'm just about to make pumpkin soup for the first time! What about the seeds? I have rinsed them off, this may sound daft but do I need to roast them or can they be eaten as they are?

    Thanks.
    When I made soup, I roasted them in the oven at the same time as roasting the pumpkin. However you have to take the outer shell off before eating, sounds obvious but I didn't realise until DD1 told me!:rotfl: :rotfl:. And I ended up giving them to the birds because they were too much of a faff to get off (they really enjoyed them and hav emore patience than me!).
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  • 281273
    281273 Posts: 146 Forumite
    My lovely son went pumpkin shopping yesterday, and from the butcher at the top of our street he came back with the biggest he could find. It was nearly 3 stone.

    We have now already had pumpkin soup for dinner. Ive frozen several single person helpings and still have a 1/3 of a stock pot and the slow cooker full of the stuff.

    Is anyone else in the same boat today?
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  • thriftlady_2
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    Yep! We've had soup 2 days running made with the bits I cut out of the pumpkin plus some other veg. Very delicious it was too;)

    The rest of the pumpkin I will peel and cook with a little water then puree with a stick blender. I shall freeze it in small tubs for use in muffins and more soup.
  • champys
    champys Posts: 1,101 Forumite
    Don't forget to keep some in the freezer non-pureed but diced to make pumpkin risotto! A great standby if you need to make a meal out of nothing very quickly.
    As for me, I have been making pumpkin & apricot chutney today. It is still simmering.
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