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As the title says, I've hallowed out lots of pumpkins, now I'd like to cook something nice with the contents, particularly something sweet and low carb if possible. Any ideas? I keep seeing recipes that call for canned pumpkin, how does that compare with raw?
Plan: Eat Fat, Get Thin
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Progress: 88%
Location: Breaux Bridge, La
I've been eating a lot of pumpkin in soups lately. Mix the pumpkins with anything, examples; corn on-the-cob, mixed beans, carrots, onions, peppers, and any kind of meat...... season to taste and enjoy...
Yeah, I made chicken stew with pumpkin today, but I keep seeing it in recipes for pie filling. It just seems unlikely considering what I'm starting with.
I make a mean pumpkin sauce - a little onion diced and mince a couple of cloves of garlic and sauted until transluscent, stir in a cupish of chicken brother and simmer until reduced a bit. Then stir in pumpkin, let simmer for a few minutes, then add cream, salt and pepper to taste. Over chicken, even over shrimp - it is really good. Cheers!
Plan: finding my happy place
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Location: Saskatchewan.
I love pumpkin soup!
2 cups pumpkin, cooked
3 cups chicken broth
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup light cream
1 medium onion, diced
1 medium apple, diced
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
Melt butter in a heavy saucepan. Saute onion and apple until tender. Stir in pumpkin, broth and spices. Remove from heat.
Process or blend until smooth. Return to saucepan and stir in cream.
Jude, I remember the one year when I helped take care of my grandmothers garden she grew those ghost pumpkins. I don't remember them tasting any different, but they certainly could be sweeter than the normal sort they sell in most stores since the kind I buy are the small sugar variety that taste much better IMHO, and those are the sort my taste would compare them to.