Starter Recipes > Chilli Pumpkin Pate

This recipe is part of the Halloween 2007 Recipes Menu


Starter - Chilli Pumpkin Pate
Main Course - Brimstone Chicken
Dessert - Witches' Apple Spice Cake

How to make chilli pumpkin pate:
A hot, hot starter for your Halloween Menu. Go easy with the chilli unless you are a regular user. Don't rub your eyes after chopping it up! The pumpkin shell needn't be wasted - use it for the Halloween Lantern.



Ingredients

1 onion, peeled and sliced
2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 very small red chilli pepper, finely chopped
2 tablespoons tomato puree
1 3/4 lb peeled and chopped tomatoes
salt and black pepper
1 teaspoon sugar (brings out the flavour of the tomatoes)
1 1/2 lb pumpkin flesh, deseeded and diced
4 1/2 oz smooth peanut butter
2 tablespoons lime juice, plus 1 lime to garnish
(see measure conversions for more information)

Method

- Fry the onion, chilli and garlic in the oil for at least 5 minutes or until soft.
- Add the tomato puree and tomatoes to the pan.
- Season with the salt, pepper and sugar.
- Taste to test flavour.
- Simmer the sauce for 10 minutes over a gentle heat.
- Add the pumpkin to the sauce.
- Cover the pan with a lid and leave to cook for 15 – 20 minutes or until tender.
- Add the peanut butter and lime juice and simmer for a further 5 minutes.
- Serve with hot pitta bread and lime wedges.


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I wonder just how much land it would take to feed a family of, say, 4? I know that if my family didn't buy fruit and veg we wouldn't have enough to eat but is self sufficiency down to amount of land or method of growing? Last year I overcrowded my small veg plot with counter-productive results like mildew and snail infestation that went unnoticed until we came to pick the tomatoes (all holes!). I wonder if anyone has ever been totally self providing or whether the local market and barter played...