[Jamestown1630]

Really great pumpkin recipes from everyone!

I don’t think I realized how much I like pumpkin, until this thread.

Another thing I really like (and it’s coming up ‘seasonal’) is mincemeat pie. We always had them when I was a kid, from the grocery store. Now you can only find them at Christmas time; so I hoard in the deep-freeze :-)

-JT

[Liz]

A perfect holiday pasta course. You could use pumpkin, as well.

Sweet Potato Gnocchi / Mascarpone Cheese Sauce

GNOCCHI Rice 4 warm baked sweet potatoes, one boiled russet potato.
Stir in 2 c flour, beaten egg, pinch cinnamon/nutmeg, s/p; mix well. Pipe
batches w/ ½" tip into boiling water, snip w/ kitchen shears at ½" intervals.
Cook til dough floats to surface. Drain; keep warm. Repeat w/ rest.

SAUCE Caramelize a bit 4 shallots, gar/cl both fine-chp, tb sugar.
Add cup h/cream, 1/2 cup veg or chix stock; add 4 oz mascarpone,
bunch fine-chp fresh sage. S/P to taste.

ASSEMBLY Combine Gnocchi with Sauce.
Stays nice and warm in oven if done ahead.

SERVE w/ sage leaves garnish. Maybe a nice chilled
Sauvignon Blanc to wash down all the deliciousness.