Pumpkin Recipes We Absolutely Love (2024)

FAQs

What can I add to pumpkin to make it taste better? ›

If you really want to go all out, you can even grate whole cinnamon sticks, ginger knobs, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice berries. It's definitely more work, but the intense spice flavors work wonders to enhance the dull flavor of canned pumpkin.

Pumpkin is enhanced by whatever you add to it. If you roast it, it has carmelization, salt and pepper to make it savory. If you add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to it, you have a spicy sweet.

To complement pumpkin with sweet flavor pairings, consider using spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and vanilla, or sweet ingredients like chocolate, maple, honey, cranberries or brown sugar. Create savory dishes by pairing pumpkin with spices like chilies, cajun, cayenne or pepper.

The easiest is to spread your puree out on a cookie sheet and blot it with a paper towel. If you have a little more time on your hands, you can put your pumpkin puree either on the stove or in the oven to cook off a bit of moisture.

Milk has calcium in it, pumpkins like calcium as it allows them to uptake various nutrients.

For cooking, you'll want to use sugar pumpkins (also called pie or sweet pumpkins), which are small and round. Long Island Cheese pumpkins, which are more oblong and can look like a wheel of cheese, are also good to eat. Field pumpkin types are larger, have watery, stringy flesh, and are best for decorating.

Pumpkin is notorious for pairing well with warm winter spices – as found in a variety of Moroccan-inspired cuisines. Try incorporating cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cumin and chilli with your pumpkin dishes for flavour-packed feasts.

Just add 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground ginger, and ¼ teaspoon each of ground cloves and ground nutmeg, and you'll be well on your way to making our pumpkin pie dip, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, and chocolate pumpkin cheesecake.

What herb compliments pumpkin? ›

Pumpkin, roasted with olive oil, rosemary, salt and pepper, can taste like fall in your mouth, but in the way that says, “I'm fancier than that latte.” Cumin is like a flavor cousin to cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, which means that it's also absolutely delicious with pumpkin.

Pumpkin puree is made by steaming and pureeing squash so there are no added ingredients. Is canned pumpkin cooked? Yes, it's already been cooked via steaming. It's safe to eat canned pumpkin straight from the can, but it's infinitely better baked into a pan of pumpkin bars.

Cook It on the Stove

Briefly cooking your canned pumpkin purée on the stove can help improve both the flavor and texture. This method helps reduce excess moisture, which gives the pumpkin a superior texture. It also releases the natural pumpkin flavor and helps reduce the metallic taste from the can.

While having a wet pumpkin can lead to mold, a too-dry pumpkin will also cause that jack-o-lantern to droop and turn to mush. That's why it's important to watch your pumpkin and add some extra moisture if it gets too dry. A light misting with a water bottle should do the trick on especially sunny and dry days.

Always water plants well before and after planting. Pinch out the main stems once growth starts; this will encourage more lateral stems and give you a heavier crop of fruit. To encourage large pumpkins, allow only two to three to develop on each plant. Water plants thoroughly before planting and allow to drain.

Is canned pumpkin cooked? Yes, it's already been cooked via steaming. It's safe to eat canned pumpkin straight from the can, but it's infinitely better baked into a pan of pumpkin bars.

There are a variety of craft items you can use for decorating pumpkins. They include but are not limited to: painting, decoupage, hot glue, pom poms, stickers, vinyl, gems, feathers, and more. AND there are a few carving ideas in here, but they are fake pumpkins, so the experience is very different.