Halloween recipes: A smashing pumpkin feast

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Don’t bin the flesh when you hollow out your Halloween pumpkin – try making these scarily tasty dishes the kids’ll love…

Although the Americans were first to carve Halloween lanterns out of pumpkins (they are a native fruit there, after all), the Jack-o’-lantern actually has its roots in Britain and Ireland, where for centuries our forefathers carved lanterns out of local vegetables such as turnips and swedes.

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Trick or treat: Asian chicken and pumpkin laksa recipe (above) and chocolate, pumpkin and pecan brownies (below left) and spiced pumpkin seeds (below right)

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Now that pumpkins are more commonly grown here we have adopted the American custom, along with a taste for cooking with them.

So if you are carving out a pumpkin lantern this year, instead of throwing away the flesh, why not try making some of these tasty pumpkin recipes for your friends and family instead.

You don’t need Halloween as an excuse to make them though, as pumpkin purée or butternut squash will do just as well when the pumpkin season is over.

source: dailymail.co.uk

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