Spicy Pumpkin Roulade Food

PUMPKIN ROULADE

Steps:

• Arrange rack in upper third of oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Line a 17x12-inch jelly roll pan with waxed paper.
• Beat eggs, granulated sugar, vanilla, and salt in bowl until tripled in volume. Beat in molasses.
• Sift flour, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves over batter; gently fold together. Spread batter in prepared pan. (You should tap the pan on the counter to release air bubbles.).
• Bake until top is light golden and edges start to pull away from pan, about 12-14 minutes. Let cool completely in pan.
• Sift 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar evenly over a large sheet of waxed paper. Invert cake onto sugar. remove pan and peel off paper. Trim edges. Roll up cake in waxed paper, starting from long edge.
• Mix pumpkin puree, 6 T. confectioner's sugar, fresh ginger, lemon zest, and lemon juice in medium bowl and refrigerate.
• Unroll cake and spread pumpkin cream evenly on top. Roll up cake, using waxed paper to lift edge, then wrap rolled cake in waxed paper. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours.
• Unwrap cake and place seam side down on serving platter. Sift additional confectioner's sugar over top.

SPICY PUMPKIN ROULADE

Steps:

• Make cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 17 1/2x11 1/2x1-inch baking sheet. Line with parchment paper, allowing 1-inch overhang on all sides. Butter parchment. Mix 1/4 cup sugar, cinnamon, allspice and ginger in small bowl. Sprinkle over parchment. Place kitchen towel on work surface. Sift powdered sugar over towel.
• Combine 1/2 cup sugar, 4 eggs, 3 yolks and extract in large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat until thick and pale yellow, about 6 minutes. Sift flour and baking powder over egg mixture; gently fold in. Using clean dry beaters, beat whites until medium-stiff peaks form. Fold whites into batter in 2 additions.
• Pour batter into prepared baking sheet; spread to edges. Bake cake until golden and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Invert onto prepared towel. Peel off parchment. Starting at 1 long side, roll up cake in towel. Cool.
• Make filling:
• Pour 2 tablespoons water into small saucepan; sprinkle gelatin over. Let soften 10 minutes.
• Whisky yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch and brown sugar in medium bowl to blend. Whisk half and half, pumpkin and vanilla in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to boil. Gradually whisk hot pumpkin mixture into yolk mixture. Return mixture to same saucepan. Whisk over medium heat until mixture boils and thicken. Remove from heat. Whisk in orange juice concentrate and orange peel.
• Stir gelatin mixture over low heat just until gelatin dissolves. Remove from heat. Whisk in 1/2 cup pumpkin mixture; whisk into remaining pumpkin mixture. Chill until cold and thick, whisking occasionally, at least 6 hours. (Cake and filling can be made 1 day ahead. Cover cake with foil; store at room temperature. Keep filling chilled.)
• Unroll cake. Spread filling over cake; roll up cake, enclosing filling. Arrange cake seam side down on platter.
• Beat whipping cream and 1 tablespoon sugar in large bowl until stiff. Spoon cream into pastry bag fitted with large star tip. Pipe in lengthwise rows over roulade. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Chill.) Garnish platter with orange slices and mint, if desired.

PUMPKIN ROULADE WITH GINGER BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 13 by 18 by 1-inch sheet pan. Line the pan with parchment paper and grease and flour the paper.
• In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt and stir to combine. Place the eggs and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium-high speed for 3 minutes, until light yellow and thickened. With the mixer on low, add the pumpkin, then slowly add the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Finish mixing the batter by hand with a rubber spatula. Pour into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake the cake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the top springs back when gently touched.
• While the cake is baking, lay out a clean, thin cotton dish towel on a flat surface and sift the entire 1/4 cup of confectioners' sugar evenly over it. (This will prevent the cake from sticking to the towel.) As soon as you remove the cake from the oven, loosen it around the edges and invert it squarely onto the prepared towel. Peel away the parchment paper. With a light touch, roll the warm cake and the towel together (don't press!) starting at the short end of the cake. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Meanwhile, make the filling. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the mascarpone, confectioners' sugar, and cream together for about a minute, until light and fluffy. Stir in the crystallized ginger, and salt.
• To assemble, carefully unroll the cake onto a board with the towel underneath. Spread the cake evenly with the filling. Reroll the cake in a spiral using the towel as a guide. Remove the towel and trim the ends to make a neat edge. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve sliced.

PUMPKIN ROULADE WITH GINGER BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 13-by-18-by-1-inch sheet pan. Line the pan with parchment paper and grease and flour the paper.
• In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt and stir to combine. Place the eggs and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium-high speed for 3 minutes, until light yellow and thickened. With the mixer on low, add the pumpkin and slowly add the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Finish mixing the batter by hand with a rubber spatula. Pour into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake the cake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the top springs back when gently touched.
• While the cake is baking, lay out a clean, thin cotton dish towel on a flat surface and sift the entire 1/4 cup of confectioners' sugar evenly over it. (This will prevent the cake from sticking to the towel.) As soon as you remove the cake from the oven, loosen it around the edges and invert it squarely onto the prepared towel. Peel away the parchment paper. With a light touch, roll the warm cake and the towel together (don't press!) starting at the short end of the cake. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Meanwhile, make the filling. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the mascarpone, confectioners' sugar and cream together for about a minute, until light and fluffy. Stir in the crystallized ginger and salt.
• To assemble, carefully unroll the cake onto a board with the towel underneath. Spread the cake evenly with the filling. Reroll the cake in a spiral using the towel as a guide. Remove the towel and trim the ends to make a neat edge. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve sliced.

PUMPKIN AND CHICKEN ROULADE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
• Melt butter in a pan, add flour and stir for one minute. Gradually stir in the skim milk powder combined with water until mixture boils and thickens. Quickly stir in yolks, pumpkin and cumin.
• Beat egg whites until soft peaks form and fold lightly into the pumpkin mixture.
• Pour the mixture into a greased and lined 30cm x 24cm swiss roll pan.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes until puffed and golden brown.
• Combine filling ingredients in pan, stir until heated through.
• Remove roll from the oven and turn on a wire rack covered with a tea towel. Carefully remove lining paper. spread evenly with the filling. Hold the towel with both hands. gently roll the roulade.

SPICED PUMPKIN PRALINE ROLL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pan). Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil or waxed paper; grease or spray foil or waxed paper.
• In medium bowl, beat eggs with electric mixer on high speed about 2 minutes or until very thick and lemon colored. Beat in pumpkin until well mixed. Gradually beat in dry cake mix, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves on low speed; continue beating 1 minute. Pour into pan, spreading to corners.
• Bake 10 to 14 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Immediately loosen cake from edges of pan and turn upside down onto towel generously sprinkled with powdered sugar. Carefully remove foil. While hot, carefully roll cake and towel from narrow end. Cool on cooling rack at least 60 minutes.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and brown sugar with electric mixer on high speed until smooth. Gradually add whipping cream; beat until stiff. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the pecans. Unroll cake and remove towel. Spread two-thirds of the cream cheese mixture over cake; roll up. Spread remaining cream cheese mixture over outside of cake. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons pecans. Store covered in refrigerator.

SPICY PUMPKIN ROTI FILLING

Steps:

• Heat the oil or ghee in a large pot over high heat. Add the ginger and cinnamon stick and sizzle for 1 minute.
• Add the pumpkin and sprinkle with the garam masala. Stir for 1 or 2 minutes over high heat, until the pumpkin is coated with the spices. Watch carefully; do not burn the spices.
• Reduce the heat to medium, cover, and let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the pumpkin is soft.
• Remove and discard the ginger and cinnamon. Mash the pumpkin with a potato masher into a course puree. Add salt to taste, stir and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes over low heat, or until the excess moisture evaporates. (The mixture should be the consistency of a thick puree). Let cool a few minutes before adding to roti.