66 Pumpkin Dessert Recipes Your Inner Basic Will Love (2024)

FAQs

What flavours work with pumpkin? ›

To complement pumpkin with sweet flavor pairings, consider using spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and vanilla, or sweet ingredients like chocolate, maple, honey, cranberries or brown sugar. Create savory dishes by pairing pumpkin with spices like chilies, cajun, cayenne or pepper.

Pumpkin will go well with any roast fowl, so turkey, chicken, cornish hens and the like are all good choices. I've had spicy pumpkin puree with lamb and pork, both a good combo. And you can make pumpkin soup as a main course or as an appetizer.

Popular blends of pumpkin spice include warming flavors that are often found in baking, like ginger, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and cinnamon. While different blends vary in proportions and some other spices may be be included in smaller quantities, those spices tend to be the most popular.

They have a toasty maple flavor with a hint of pumpkin pie spice from the cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and allspice. You can make them with a combination of almond, cashews, walnuts, macadamia nuts or whatever other nuts you have on hand or use pumpkin or sunflower seeds for a friend who prefers a nut-free version.

Blue cheeses like gorgonzola team up well with the notes of dried fruit typical of pumpkin. Another excellent pairing is with a nice fresh goat's cheese since its acidulous notes offset the sweetness of pumpkin.

Yes, dogs can eat pumpkin and it is actually often added to dog foods. Check the label of some dog treats and you may find pumpkin on the ingredient list there too. However, if you are feeding fresh pumpkin, you will need to be careful about which part you're feeding as the stem and leaves are covered in prickly hairs.

Golden Hubbard (Maxima) America. This heirloom variety has thick, dry, golden flesh, mildly sweet with fine texture and excellent flavour. It is a great general purpose pumpkin – especially for pies. The slight nutty flavour also makes it good for roasting.

Fill Up on Fiber, Fiber and More Fiber

Pumpkins pack a healthy dose of fiber, which is proven to support digestive health, regulate blood sugar and reduce the risk of heart disease. Basically, the more fiber, the better. And to that end, pumpkin is an obvious choice.

Pumpkin and apples are quintessential fall, and I just love pairing the two together like I did here in this pumpkin apple baked oatmeal. This time I wanted a crisp with big baked apple chunks and a crumbly pumpkin seed oat topping! I kept the skin on the apples for more fiber per bite!

Which other fruit is the pumpkin most closely related to? ›

True pumpkins are closely related to gourds and summer squash. The huge record-breaking pumpkins are more distant relatives and often called pumpkin-squash or squash type pumpkins. These have more yellow than orange skins and their stems are soft and spongy without ridges or swelling next to the fruit.

There is no problem planting watermelon and pumpkins next to each other. They will not cross-pollinate and you can save the seed if you wish. However, if you plant hybrid seeds, it is not recommended that you save the seed, as they do not come back ?