Stoney Road Gardens Association

PUMPKIN

We grow more pumpkins as Halloween displaces Guy Fawkes Night. But they are big vegetables with a rather bland taste. How to use them up?  The seeds can be dry roasted and served as nibbles.

They can be mashed like swede but drenched in orange juice as a vegetable.  There are plenty of recipes for American pumpkin pie, made interesting with lashings of cream.  But the best use is probably is in thick soups that exploit the colour.

 RECIPE PUMPKIN 1 – Moroccan vegetable soup. Serves 4