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Recipe collection

So, you’ve carved your Halloween pumpkin, now here are 20 smashing ways to use its guts

Make the most of those pumpkin leftovers with these pies, pastas, purees and cakes that the whole crew will love.

20 recipes

Pumpkin pie cheesecake with maple cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
Spooky soup: Slow-roasted pumpkin soup with ginger and curry powder.
EASY

Roast pumpkin soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Karen Martini
Malaysian-style pumpkin and chicken curry pie with roti.
EASY

Malaysian-style pumpkin and chicken curry pie with roti crust

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Pumpkin soup.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s pumpkin soup masterclass

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Give sticky date a pumpkin spin.
EASY

Adam Liaw's sticky pumpkin pudding

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Turmeric chicken, roasted pumpkin and lentil salad.
EASY

Turmeric chicken, roasted pumpkin and lentil salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
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Pumpkin 'mochi' in coconut cream.

Adam Liaw's pumpkin mochi in coconut cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
This method might be the best way to cook chook.

Neil Perry's chicken saute with pumpkin puree

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
This warming vegetarian risotto is ideal for the transition to cooler weather, made with naturally sweet roasted pumpkin.
EASY

Pumpkin risotto with rosemary and goat’s cheese

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Sweet and savoury: Pumpkin spice pancakes.
EASY

Helen Goh's pumpkin spice pancakes with bacon and maple syrup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Pumpkin, chickpea and chermoula pies with optimum crisp filo coverage.

Chermoula roast pumpkin and chickpea filo pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Helen Goh's pumpkin spice loaf with optional icing (omit for dairy-free).

Spiced pumpkin loaf cake with brown-sugar cream cheese icing

  • Helen Goh
Lamb cutlets with pumpkin purée

Marinated lamb cutlets with pumpkin puree

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Creamy pumpkin soup meets pasta.

Creamy pumpkin and blue cheese pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Coconut milk adds creaminess to this vibrant vegetarian curry.
EASY

Pumpkin, zucchini and green bean curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
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Dan Lepard's pumpkin bulgur wheat cake.

Pumpkin bulgur wheat cake with saffron mahleb icing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Dan Lepard
The optional addition of browned butter and sage results in a nutty flavour.

Roast pumpkin orzo ‘risotto’ with brown butter and sage

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Pumpkin and radicchio salad with sweet and sour dressing and goat’s cheese.
EASY

Honey-roasted pumpkin salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Lamb cutlets with a pumpkin-almond curry

Lamb cutlets in masala with almond and pumpkin curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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