Thursday, October 4, 2012

Pumpkin Recipes

Loraine's Tarts

2 squares butter or margarine(room temp)
1cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 Tbs. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract
3 cups flour
Mix all together with hands or mixer. Place small amount in tart tins molding to fit. Bake on cookie
sheet for 8 to 10 min. at 350. Drop upside down onto cabinet top to release. Fill and refrigerate.

Chiffon Pumpkin Pie Filling (by Loraine)

1 envelope plain gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
3 egg yolks
1 cup brown sugar
1 small can pumpkin
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. each ginger,cinnamon,nutmeg,and salt
3 egg whites
3 Tbs. sugar
whipped cream if desired

Soften gelatin in 1/4 c cold water. In a bowl beat egg yolks. Beat in brown sugar, add pumpkin, milk,
and spices. Cook all this in a double boiler until it coats a spoon.  stir in dissolved gelatin and chill, when it begins to thicken about 10 min. fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites with the 3 Tbs. sugar added. Pour into pie shell or tart tins and chill.

Dinner in a Pumpkin (by Brenda)

1 small to medium pumpkin
1 onion
23 Tbs. vegetable oil
1 1/2 to 2 lbs. ground beef
2 Tbs.soy sauce
2 Tbs. brown sugar
1(4oz,) can sliced mushrooms,drained
1(10-3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup
1 1/2cups cooked rice
1(8oz) can sliced water chestnuts,drained
Cut off the top of pumpkin and thoroughly clean out the seeds and pulp. Preheat oven to 350. In a large skillet, saute onions in oil until tender. Add meat and brown. Drain drippings from skillet. Add soy sauce,brown sugar, mushrooms, and soup. simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cooked rice and water chestnuts. Spoon mixture into the cleaned pumpkin shell. Replace top and place entire pumpkin with filling on a baking sheet. Bake 1 hour or until inside meat of the pumpkin is tender. Put pumpkin on a plate. Remove pumpkin lid and serve meat. For your vegetable, scoop out cooked pumpkin and serve. Serves 6.

What to do with those SEEDS?
Don't throw away those pumpkin seeds. Roasted and Hulled, they are great for nibbling/ They can also be ground into a flour for thickening sauces,or making bread or gruel.
To  Roast Pumpkin Seeds
Place washed and dried seeds on  a rimmed baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 375 F oven for 15 minutes, or until dry and crisp, stirring occasionally.


Pumpkin Sausage Soup(by Nellie Johnston)

1 20 oz package of italian sausage( I used turkey sausage and removed the casings)
2 cloves garlic,minced
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
4 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups packed pumpkin ( about 23 oz)
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk

Brown sausage ina large stocl pot or pan. Add garlic,onions, and mushrooms. Saute all together until the veggies are cooked. Add canned pumpkin and mix well. Add chicken broth and combine wel;l. Cook for 20 -30 minutes . Add water and milkk and cook for another 10 minutes.







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