Pumpkins

[grandmoon]

We have been given some pumpkins and wanting ideas of what to cook with them.

[meh_too]

Pumpkin and Bacon Soup

http://allrecipes.com.au/recipe/13941/pumpkin-and-bacon-soup.aspx

Don't need butternuts, any pumpkin will do

[j*oono]

I just pulled a recipe out of the Woolworths Good Food magazine to try out.  It is for roast pumpkin hummus.

All you do is roast the pumpkin first and then blend it with a can of chickpeas  (400g rinsed and drained) 2 tbs tahini, 1 tbs lemon juice 1 tsp cumin and a clove of garlic.

Blend it up and stir in some chopped coriander.

I haven't made it yet but it sounds nice.

Oh, forgot, it says to use 250g peeled pumpkin cut into small pieces and then roast.

[catsnknots]

Thanks for the reminder... I have a pumpkin that needs cooking .. going to do a slow cook pumpkin soup. 

when I find the recipe again I will post it here if you like. 

[polksaladallie]

Pumpkin & Lentil Curry

2 tab red curry paste;  400ml can coconut milk;  250g pumpkin, peeled and chopped;  170g green lentils.

Fry paste in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat until fragrant.  Add coconut milk and half a cup of water and stir.  Add pumpkin and simmer for 25 minutes or until almost soft.  Add lentils, cover and simmer until soft.

Optional:  Serve with rice and chapattis.

[beanishells]

have it with pastry.

Grate the pumpkin add some cinnamon or nutmeg or both

roll it in the pastry and bake it

its yummo

store bought pastry is fine, I use puff

🙂

[cherry*135]

Pumpkin, Spinach & Ricotta Canneloni.

Vegetable Lasagne (with layers of cooked pumpkin)

Homemade pizza - topped with small cooked pumpkin cubes, baby spinach leaves, mushrooms etc

Roast meat with roast pumpkin.

[i-need-a-martini]

I use a lot of pumpkin with this fabulously easy pumpkin risotto:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/27581/cheats+pumpkin+and+pea+risotto

I use about double the amount of pumpkin to use it up. It feeds 4-6 people.

[i-need-a-martini]

Otherwise I just chuck bit chunks of it on a tray with olive oil and drizzled with honey and bake it until it's soft.

Cook it until the honey starts to caramelise on the edges.

[i-need-a-martini]

And another I do is throw the baked pumpkin on a salad mix with mozzarella and a lemon/honey/olive oil dressing.