Pumpkin Season

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20+ Ways to Preserve Pumpkin and Winter Squash

Pumpkin season only comes once a year, but with so many ways to preserve pumpkin there's no reason it can't stick around. Even before fall officially arrives, the majority of us are anticipating all things

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[TeeDee]

So been busy again. I give you - ( Its in its experimental phase... )

Pumpkin Shakshuka with Quail Eggs.

Pumpkin accompanied by a whole red onion, little sweet potato , red pepper ( all sweated down ) seasoned with Baharat & Zaatar, lots of black pepper. Topped off with Three quail eggs and finely diced toasted pumpkin seeds.
Drizzled with a little creme fraiche and Lemon vinegar thing I made along with beads of Olive oil to give some glisten and life back to the dish.








I like Shakshuka but can find the acidic nature of Tomatoes as too much sometimes - So remove the Tomatoes and replace with Pumpkin.

 

[TeeDee]

I don't do Pastry... But i do 'do' Pie.


Pumpkin pie with Caramel , Dark sticky glazed walnuts ( because we all love sticky nuts.. ) and a Fig & Cream to dress.

 

[TeeDee]

Pumpkin & Oat flour bread with lardons baked in.

 

[TeeDee]

Pumpkin head Stew - Bacon & blood black pudding sausages cooked in the pumpkin head along with onion,apple & pepper. Served with the pumpkin flesh alongside scooped out after cooking.

Side serving of Sweet chestnut Mash made from foraged nuts.

 

[punkrockcaveman]

What a smorgasbord. You are very lucky to have such plump nuts sir! They are skinny little things up in this region!

I had to double take in the first photo, I thought you had plated up a sea urchin.

 

[TeeDee]

What a smorgasbord. You are very lucky to have such plump nuts sir! They are skinny little things up in this region!

Thats what she said.....


Indeed Chestnuts do look like Sea-Urchins and I think are handled in the same way - big cloth in left hand , shucking knife in right hand - shuck away!

 

[bobnewboy]

Thats what she said.....


Indeed Chestnuts do look like Sea-Urchins and I think are handled in the same way - big cloth in left hand , shucking knife in right hand - shuck away!

I just gently roll the sole of my boot over them, and pick up what I want

 

[Robson Valley]

Gloves and a propane bottle torch for Prickly Pear Cactus fruits here. The barbed prickles are finer than cat hair. Even from the store, I torch them again. A bunch of those in your hands will spoil more than just a day.

Part of the deal here is to find the high-sugar pumpkin variety which is intended for pies and other eats. Big difference between those and the ones for Halloween carvings.

I buy canned pumpkin pure', never the canned and ugly-seasoned pumpkin pie filling.

Look in a serious seed catalog for what you might find.

 

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