Pumpkin’s sweet and earthy flavours make it a versatile ingredient for desserts and savoury dishes. In roasted form, it words wonders drizzled with zhoug, squished into tortellini, or tossed into salads, and don’t overlook our recipe for fried pumpkin with yoghurt-herb dressing. Pumpkin takes pride of place in the world of pies and tarts – try it savoury in Danielle Alvarez pumpkin galette with blue cheese and thyme, sweet in our caramel pumpkin pie, or somewhere in between with Pinbone’s maple, bacon and pumpkin tart. And of course, come the cooler months, pumpkin soup reigns suprmeme.
Here are our best pumpkin recipes for autumn, winter and beyond.
Phil Wood’s Roasted pumpkin with pistachio pesto
Enrico Tomelleri’s risotto with pumpkin, Gorgonzola and brown butter
Polenta with roast pumpkin, speck and almonds
Danielle Alvarez’s pumpkin galette with blue cheese and thyme
Pinbone’s maple, bacon and pumpkin tart
Daniel Puskas’ dry-aged lamb rump with caramelised pumpkin juice
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Tagliatelle with pumpkin, pancetta, chilli and sage
Roast pumpkin with radicchio ricotta salata, chilli and lemon
Fried pumpkin with yoghurt-herb dressing and crisp onion
Spiced pumpkin creams with gingerbread crumb
Caramelised pumpkin, corn and lentil bowl
Roast pumpkin, pancetta and Gruyère tarts
Pumpkin, herbed ricotta and hazelnut bruschetta
Roast pumpkin tortellini with amaretti, sage and onion
Pumpkin and vermouth risotto with Parmesan and mascarpone
Spiced pumpkin fritters with dulce de leche cream
Morcilla de Calabaza (spicy pork and pumpkin pâté)
Quinoa salad with pomegranate, pumpkin and ashed goat’s cheese
Peter Gilmore’s salt-baked pumpkin with Pyengana cream and toasted grains recipe
Etta’s tamari-roasted pumpkin, sunflower and horseradish
