Pumpkin Seed Spread Food

PUMPKIN SEED SPREAD

Steps:

• Place garlic pieces in a cold, dry skillet. Add vegetable oil. Cook garlic on low heat until it starts to soften but does not get brown, about 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. When garlic is tender, remove skillet from heat; let garlic cool in the oil.
• Place pumpkin seeds in a cold, dry skillet. Set heat to medium. Stir seeds until hot and fragrant but not browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Transfer to a bowl.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over high heat. Add onion and Serrano pepper. Cool until edges start to brown and some bits begin to char, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour in apple juice. Reduce heat to medium and cook until liquid is reduced almost all the way and has a syrup-like consistency, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Place pumpkin seeds, cilantro leaves, onion mixture, softened garlic and oil, lime juice, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Cover and pulse on and off until mixture becomes a coarse paste, scraping down sides with a spatula a few times, 1 or 2 minutes. If mixture is quite thick, add a few tablespoons of apple juice or water (apple juice will make it sweeter).
• Continue to process until mixture is to your desired consistency. Transfer to a bowl. Cover; refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours. Taste, and adjust seasonings and acidity as needed with additional salt and/or apple cider vinegar.

PUMPKIN SEED DUKKAH

Steps:

• Heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat and add the pumpkin seeds. Toast, shaking the pan or stirring the seeds, until they pop. Remove from the skillet and allow to cool completely in a bowl. Turn the heat to medium and toast the sesame seeds, then the coriander seeds, then the cumin seeds, toasting just until fragrant and removing as soon as they are toasted. Allow all of the seeds to cool completely. Grind half the pumpkin seeds and all of the sesame seeds briefly in a spice mill and add to the bowl with the remaining pumpkin seeds. When the coriander and cumin have cooled, grind to a powder and add to the pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds. Add the nigella seeds, chili powder and salt and mix together. Transfer to a jar and keep for up to a month in the freezer.

PUMPKIN SEED SPREAD

Steps:

• Stir the Tbs butter, cream cheese and a pinch of salt until frothy.
• Roast the pumpkin seeds in a frying pan without added fat or oil, season with salt and then finely grind in the blender grinder
• Peel the shallots and the garlic, finely dice the shallots, chop the garlic. Add the ground pumpkin seeds, the diced shallots, the chopped garlic and the pumpkin seed oil to the butter and cream cheese mixture and mix thoroughly.
• Season with salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar to taste and finally mix in the chives. Serve the pumpkin seed spread with the coarse bread.

PUMPKIN SEED BUTTER

Steps:

• Put the seeds in a food processor and blitz for 5-8 mins, scraping the sides down as you go. Try not to let it overheat - if the mixture feels too warm, leave it for a little longer between intervals. It should be thick and spreadable.
• To sweeten, mix in the maple syrup, if you like. Put in a sterile jar and chill for up to one week.

PUMPKIN SEED OIL SPREAD/DIP (KüRBISKERNAUFSTRICH)

Steps:

• Toast pumpkin seeds in a non stick pan and set aside to cool.
• Mix cream cheese, minced garlic clove(s) and oil in a bowl. Stir. (The colour usually turns "Wasabi-green").
• Add cool, chopped pumpkin seeds. Reserve some for garnish. Stir.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Sprinkle with remaining pumpkin seeds.

PUMPKIN SEED PESTO

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Combine pumpkin seeds, Parmesan, and garlic in a food processor. Pulse on and off, for about 20 seconds, until seeds are almost ground.
• Add basil, parsley, lemon juice, and olive oil, and pulse on and off for about 40 seconds (you may want to ​scrape down the sides with a spatula in between pulses), until all ingredients are combined. The mixture should be more like a course paste than a liquefied sauce, so be careful not to overprocess.
• Transfer to a bowl or glass storage jar, taste, and adjust seasoning with salt. Be sure to taste, as the pumpkin seeds may have been well salted when they were roasted. Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to two days.