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Food & crafts => Recipes => Topic started by: sheila on October 28, 2010, 01:18:53 pm

Title: pumpkins
Post by: sheila on October 28, 2010, 01:18:53 pm
have just finished, well almost, a marathon pumpkin cook. It wasn't such a big one but it has taken some using!

First up was Pumpkin and Garlic bread..........
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!2oz bread flour.
1oz yeast.
1 tsp. Salt
a Quantity of Pureed Pumpkin.( about a cup full)
2 Tablspoon Honey
2 Tablespoons olive oil
Warm water......but be carefull with the amount because of all the other liquids.
Knead and bake as usual but when you take them out of the oven quickly dip them in....

Garlic Sauce..
1-3 cloves garlic crushed
olive oil or melted butter/ or both
dried sage
Parmesan cheese (optional)
pinch of salt

Next up was mrs Beetons Pumpkin Preserve.

thickly slice some Pumpkin so that it looks like tinned peaches.
Layer in a dish, alternating with sugar, a sprinkle of powdered Ginger and lemon juice.
leave overnight
put in a large sauce pan and slowly cook until pumpkin is tender.
Put Pumpkin pieces into a jar.
Boil the remaining syrup until thickish and pour over the pumpkin..

Pumpkin soup was next
Chopped Pumpkin
chopped Onion
chopped potatoes
bunch of chopped herbs
usual condiments
garlic
cook until everything is tender
Blitz with a liquidiser and add a drop of milk or cream

I aim to make jam with whats left but thats another story!
Title: Re: pumpkins
Post by: Fleecewife on October 29, 2010, 12:04:59 am
My pumpkins were not a success this year  :(  The recipes sound really delicious and I can hardly wait to try them until next year.  I do make pumpkin soup - a dash of curry powder or curry spices makes it extra tasty on a cold day.
Title: Re: pumpkins
Post by: OhLaLa on November 02, 2010, 05:02:57 pm
Blimey sheila - you made those? I think you are doing a sneaky and putting up pics of professionally made rolls to trick us........

 ;)

.......And of course I'll be making those soon so have made a note of the recipe.

 :yum: