Just carved a pumpkin. Is there any food I can make with the pulp from within?!
Answers: Not a sugar or cheese pumpkin, just a big 1-foot diameter pumpkin. Seeds great, but what about the pulp and meat from inside?
Pumkin and corriander (Sollentro) soup
Boil the pumpkin after cubing (1" cubes) with 2 table spoons of butter half teaspoon of rock salt and some pepper. Put just enough hot water to cover the pumpkin. Put the lid on and simmer for 10-15 mins until soft.
Chop up the corriander, about a 3/4 of a cup
With 2-3 mins to go on the pumpkin put most of the corriander in. leave a little for the finished soup.
Once pumpkin is soft puree the mixture in a blender or food processor with 3 table spoons of light sour cream
Serve and then sprinkle the rest of the chopped corriander on top of each serve.
you can also put a small dollop of sour cream on top of each serve if you want
Should make 3-4 serves.
I couldn't find a recipe for pumpkin guts, besides the seeds, so how about something different. Ever heard of dinner in a pumpkin?
Dinner In A Pumpkin
Select a pumpkin that's slightly flattened on the bottom. It should be sturdy, balanced, and able to easily stand on it's own.
* 1 medium to large size round pumpkin - about 7 to 10 pounds
* 2 lbs. lean ground beef
* 1/2 cup chopped onion
* 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
* 3/4 cup brown sugar
* 2 T. lemon juice
* 1 can pork & beans (15 to 16 oz.)
* 1 16 oz can chopped cooked tomatoes
* 1 16 oz. can tomato sauce
* 2 cups rice, uncooked
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 1/4 tsp. black pepper
Preparation -
Wash the pumpkin. Cut a circular piece out the top to form a lid. Scrape out the seeds and stringy membrane with a large metal spoon and discard. Also check the bottom of the lid and scrape off and stringy area.
In a large skillet, lightly brown the ground beef, then drain off any excess fat. Add onion and chopped green pepper, saute lightly and drain again. In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, tomato sauce, bean, rice, brown sugar, lemon juice and seasonings. Combine with meat mixture, stir to mix all ingredients together.
Place the pumpkin on a foil-lined cookie sheet. Spoon mixture into the pumpkin cavity. Loosely place the lid on the filled pumpkin. Bake at 350° for one hour. Remove the lid, reduce heat to 300° and bake one more hour.
Lay a few romaine lettuce leaves or other leafy greens around the outside of the pumpkin When serving, scoop out part of the baked pumpkin with each portion, if desired. Serve with a loaf of warm crusty French or Italian bread.
Thats not a good idea, the pumpkins used for general carving purposes aren't the right quality for pies or beads and such. You should really buy baking pumpkins for that. To give you an idea of the difference compare popcorn kernals corn in a can and hominy. They all are the same branch but each leaf is different.
The "meat" is what is used for pumpkin pies, pumpkin soup, etc. and it can be cooked and used like any other "Winter" squash.
Bert
Pumpkin Pie!
Try boiling it. you might be able to use it for pie. try this site for other rescipes
http://www.pumpkinnook.com/cookbook.htm
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/pumpkins/re...
http://www.bigoven.com/Pumpkin_recipes
http://food.yahoo.com/blog/editorspicks/...