Roasted Pumpkin With Brown Sugar Food

ROASTED PUMPKIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut pumpkin in half; scrape out seeds.
• Drizzle pumpkin with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. (Omit pepper if using in sweet dishes.)
• Place cut side down on a baking sheet. Roast until very soft, about 35 to 45 minutes.

BROWN SUGAR PUMPKIN SPICE PUMPKIN SEEDS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Place the pumpkin seeds in a colander and rinse away all the pulp and stringy stuff.
• Spread the seeds out on a rimmed baking sheet and roast until dried out, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Toss the pumpkin seeds with the sugar, butter, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a medium bowl until evenly coated.
• Return the seeds to the baking sheet, spread them out and roast until dry, about 35 minutes.
• Let cool, then break up into pieces before serving.

ROASTED CINNAMON SUGAR PUMPKIN SEEDS

Steps:

• Remove from pumpkins and rinse thoroughly. Spread out in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with paper towels. Let sit at room temperature for 24 hours, changing the damp paper towels out for dry ones after about 12 hours and stirring occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Very lightly grease a large baking pan, set aside.
• In a small bowl, mix together sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
• Melt coconut oil or butter in a large microwave safe bowl or on the stovetop in a 4-quart pot.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Mix in pumpkin seeds until they are all evenly coated.
• Add dry ingredients to the pumpkin seeds and mix until all they are evenly coated.
• Spread pumpkin seeds on your prepared baking pan in single layer.
• Bake for 25-35 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until seeds begin to brown.
• To test for doneness: remove a few seeds from the pan and let sit on the counter to cool. If they harden up the seeds are done. If they remain soft, return to the oven, checking them after 5 minutes. Continue baking in 5 minute intervals until done.
• Once seeds are done, transfer them from the warm pan to another pan lined with parchment paper to let cool.

ROASTED PUMPKIN WITH BROWN SUGAR

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cut pumpkin into pieces and remove skin. Cut away seeds and fibrous tissue; discard. Rub oil onto pumpkin pieces, followed by brown sugar. Place onto a baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tender, 30 to 40 minutes.

PUMPKIN (OR SWEET POTATO) IN BROWN SUGAR SYRUP

Steps:

• If using a pumpkin, cut it in half, remove and discard seeds. Trim and discard stringy part. Cut each half into four sections, and each of those sections into thirds, so that each piece is about 2-by-2 inches. Do not peel the pumpkin.
• In a four-quart saucepan, bring water, sugar and cinnamon to a boil. Add pumpkin pieces, and simmer until tender, about 50 minutes; do not overcook.
• Transfer pumpkin to a serving platter with some of the syrup. Serve warm. Or even better, serve it the next day, when the syrup infuses the pumpkin or potatoes.

MEXICAN PUMPKIN IN BROWN SUGAR

Steps:

• Scrape the seeds out of the pumpkin wedges.
• Pack the wedges together in a heavy-based flameproof casserole.
• Divide the sugar among the pumpkin pieces, packing it into the hollows which contained the seeds.
• Pour the water carefully into the casserole, to cover the bottom and prevent the pumpkin from burning. Take care not to dislodge the sugar when pouring in the water.
• Cover and cook over a low heat, checking the water level frequently, until the pumpkin is tender and the sugar has dissolved in the liquid to form a sauce.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the pumpkin to a serving dish.
• Pour the sugary liquid from the pan over the pumpkin, and serve at once with natural yoghurt, sweetened with a little brown sugar if you like.