Favorite recipe which uses fresh pumpkin?

[shorty68]

I have a pumpkin and am looking for a recipe which uses fresh pumpkin. What is your favorite recipe which uses fresh pumpkin?

[Brandon Nelson]

Roasted and served over rice with some plain yogurt.

[Cheese Boy]

This sounds *very* good. I would add just a bit of cardamom.

[TerriL]

Hi Shorty,

Here's a link to a pumpkin pie recipe I posted a while back that uses fresh pumpkin and coconut milk.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/568286

[goodhealthgourmet]

perhaps you'll find something appealing in one of these previous threads:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/324523
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/279818
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/276367
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/325843
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/446792
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/341240
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/279878
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/344150
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/343332
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/280791
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/456568
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/445993

[shorty68]

Thanks a lot for the links. Do you find that baking the pumpkin yields a better tasking pumpkin puree vs steaming the pumpkin?

[goodhealthgourmet]

it really depends on how you're using it. but for a simple preparation where you're not doing too much to it, i do prefer to bake or roast as i think it enhances/deepens the natural sweetness.

[shorty68]

Can pumpkin soup be frozen? My husband said he prefers canned pumpkin for pumpkin pie vs fresh pumpkin. It sounds like he does not really like fresh pumpkin. I'll try making soup and see if he likes it any better.

[goodhealthgourmet]

you can absolutely freeze the soup. you can also bake and chop or puree the flesh and freeze it for future use if you don't want to make the soup right now.