What do I do with the pumpkin inwards?

Question

I'm having a Halloween party this October. Alot of real pumpkins will be used for decorations, but I don't feel like wasting the insides. I know there are pumpkin pies and juices but I have no recepie - besides, i don't feel the crowd are the pumpkin pie type. Is tehre anything I could do with the inner contents (wether edible or not) that everyone could enjoy?

Answer 1

Pumpkin Pie isn't a bit like I expected it to be. I made several last year (for the first time) all out of one pumpkin. The pie was so good I even gave some to my colleagues at work. It's a little like egg-custard but firmer.

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/food/tools/recipefinder/display_recipe/0,,3535,00.html

Alternatively you could try making pumpkin soup. This is quite simple to make. However, it does carry an unusual texture and children may not find it palatable.

http://www.myhouseandgarden.com/recipes/Pumpkin_Soup.htm

Answer 2

You can use the pumpkin flesh in much the same way as you would use carrots or other root vegetables. It is really good curried, roasted, made into soup - you can make a really good cream of pumpkin soup with some stock, white wine, onion, pumpkin, seasoning etc. Cook it, blitz it and stir in some cream. If you can get some pumpkin seed oil to drizzle on the top, even better! This is a seasonal speciality in Germany and Austria just now and is fab when the weather is turning cold!

Answer 3

Roast the pumpkin seeds!

Spread the seeds evenly on a cookie sheet and lightly baste the seeds with melted butter, margarine, or vegetable oil.
Heat them in a 375-degree oven for 20-30 minutes. raise the oven temperature to 400. Brown the seeds for five to 10 minutes until golden brown. Sprinkle with salt and serve hot or cold.
http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/pumpkinseeds.php
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
http://recipes.tasteofhome.com/eRMS/recp.aspx?recid=34298&r_d=y
Taco Pumpkin Seeds
http://recipes.tasteofhome.com/eRMS/recp.aspx?recid=13135&r_d=y

Answer 4

you could toast the pumpkin seeds and then put them on a table to snack on.
You take the seeds and take as much of the stringy stuff off as you can then rinse them in a colander to get some of the slime off of them. Then you put them on a cookie sheet sprinkle a bit of salt over the top and put them in the oven (not too hot) i'd say 350 (200 in the uk ovens) and let them toast until they are wightly browned and still have a tiny bit of give when you bite into them. If you cook them too long, they lose a bit of the taste. (Go with your gut on that part, whatever tastes good!)

Answer 5

Remove the pulp from the seeds, you don't have to be thorough, place them on a baking tray, sprinkle with sea salt and toast them in the oven until slightly golden.

They make a really tasty and healthy (if not too much salt is added!) snack that both kids and adults enjoy and they keep for ages in tuppaware stuff so take them to the office and munch on those instead of biscuits etc!

Answer 6

make pumpkin pie or pumpkin soup for the night as well you could give some to the kids when they knock on your door as well as the guest

Answer 7

dry the seeds and keep them for a snack
make pumpkin soup
have a food fight?
plant some seeds
compost

Answer 8

Have any of your guests actually tried pumpkin pie, I bet not.
I'd make one anyway and force them to try a bit.

Answer 9

Pumpkin bread. Pumpkin muffins. You can make them and freeze them for use at a later date.

Answer 10

get rid of the seeds, the flesh can be used like any other vegetable, cut to cubes - stir fry, or make pumpkin soup, or pumpkin mash,