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Smokey's Pumpkin Pesto

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 200 g pumpkin flesh, grated on a Bircher grater
  • 2 clove(s) garlic, squeezed
  • 1 tbsp rapeseed oil for steaming
  • 4 tbsp vegetable broth
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3 tbsp pumpkin seeds, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp orange peel, untreated, grated
  • 2 tbsp orange juice, freshly squeezed
  • 2 tbsp pumpkin seed oil
  • chili flakes
  • Salt and pepper, from the mill

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Sauté the pumpkin and garlic in the butter. Add the chili flakes and bay leaf, cover, and sauté with the broth until softened. Remove the bay leaf and puree with a hand blender. Add the pumpkin seeds, orange zest, orange juice, and pumpkin seed oil. Season with salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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