12 west indian pumpkin Recipes

cooking pumpkin or 2 lbs butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces, sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces, melted butter, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, oil, spanish onion, chopped, scotch bonnet peppers or 1 habanero pepper, seeded and chopped, minced garlic, grated fresh ginger, snipped fresh thyme, orange zest, curry powder, ground nutmeg, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, chicken stock, heavy cream, unsweetened coconut milk, toasted pumpkin seeds (aka pepitas; optional; for garnish)

all-purpose flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, freshly grated nutmeg, salt, ground allspice, cooked and pumpkin puree (west indian known as calabaza) or 1 cup canned pumpkin puree, sugar, unsalted butter, melted, eggs, beaten, golden raisin (optional)

chopped onions, low-fat chicken broth, garlic cloves, minced, caribbean curry powder ,, diced cooked chicken or 2 1/4 lbs turkey, peeled and sliced west indian pumpkin or 6 oz hubbard squash, peeled and diced eggplants, peeled and sliced chayotes (mirliton or vegetable pear), fresh hot chili pepper, seeded and chopped (or more ), lime juice, salt

onions, garlic, butter, peeled cubed pumpkin, chicken broth, bay leaves, stalk celery, minced marjoram, minced parsley, minced chives, cinnamon, light cream

west indian pumpkin, egg, cinnamon (to taste), vanilla (to taste), salt and sugar (to taste), flour ( you can use presto), oil for frying

limes (or juice), chicken (thighs work excellent) but breast do too, olive oil, onion chopped finely, garlic chopped finely, hot peppers to taste (remember they increase in intensity as they cook), curry (home made paste is very nice), fresh thyme chopped, tomatoes coarsely chopped (do not add until later-you know why), christophene peeled and cut into cubes (chayote, chocho, chuchu, xuxu)-tropical squash from south america, eggplant cut into cubes, pumpkin or squash peeled and cut into cubes, coconut milk, salt and freshly ground peppercorns to taste, rum (or to taste)

unsalted butter, onion, chopped, tomato, cored, seeded and diced, garlic cloves, minced, jalapeno chiles, stemmed, seeded and chopped, winter squash , such as west indian pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes, stock or water, coarse salt, whole milk, grated manchego cheese

unsalted butter, onion, chopped, tomato, cored, seeded and diced, garlic cloves, minced, jalapeno chiles, stemmed, seeded and chopped, winter squash , such as west indian pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes, stock or water, coarse salt, whole milk, grated manchego cheese

olive oil, chopped peeled calabaza squash (about 1 lb) or 3 cups butternut squash (about 1 lb), chopped onion, chopped celery, minced and seeded habanero pepper, garlic cloves, minced, brown sugar, peeled and minced fresh ginger, dried thyme, sea salt, reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth, water, bay leaves

olive oil, chopped peeled calabaza or butternut squash (about 1 lb), chopped onion, chopped celery, minced seeded scotch bonnet or habanero pepper, garlic cloves, minced, brown sugar, minced peeled fresh ginger, dried thyme, salt, fat-free , less-sodium chicken broth, bay leaf