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Pumpkin Pesto and ......

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  • 14-05-2010 7:47pm
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    Regina Phalange
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    Hi folks.

    I'm going to make a pumpkin pesto but wondering what I should eat it with.
    I'm currently on a low carb diet so pastas are probably out of the question


    Any other ideas?


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    Hello there Regina Phalange

    Wonder would you post the recipe for this please.

    Thanks,

    Des


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    Regina Phalange
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    Pumpkin Seed Pesto

    2oz Pumpkin seeds
    2oz Flat Leaf Parsley
    2oz Basil Leaf
    2 Garlic Cloves
    1 Dessert spoon lemon
    3fl of Pumpkin seed oil
    2oz Parmesan

    I haven't actually made it yet, its a past on recipe. Good luck


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    Magic Monkey
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    You can make cauliflower "rice" by processing or grating cauliflower florets before cooking, there's a few examples online. Another thing is if you peel a courgette, then peel off long wide strips, stack them up and cut them lenthwise, you'll get long linguine/tagliatelle-like strips. Served with chicken or pork and sage butter, it would taste good.


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    Where did you get your pumpkin seed oil please?

    I use in pumpkin seed mayo as a condiment.

    If you thinned your pesto out with some vinegar, it would make a nice salad dressing.


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    John Mason
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    Regina Phalange wrote: »
    Pumpkin Seed Pesto

    2oz Pumpkin seeds
    2oz Flat Leaf Parsley
    2oz Basil Leaf
    2 Garlic Cloves
    1 Dessert spoon lemon
    3fl of Pumpkin seed oil
    2oz Parmesan

    I haven't actually made it yet, its a past on recipe. Good luck

    we were just wondering where you gort your punpkin seed oil :o:o


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    Magic Monkey
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    If you warm up some oil then add toasted (on a dry frying pan) pumpkin seeds and leave it to cool, you'll have toasted pumpkin seed oil, which can also be puréed and passed to thicken and intensify the flavour. Very nice with feta cheese and watermelon as a salad.


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    John Mason
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    Magic Monkey wrote: »
    If you warm up some oil then add toasted (on a dry frying pan) pumpkin seeds and leave it to cool, you'll have toasted pumpkin seed oil, which can also be puréed and passed to thicken and intensify the flavour. Very nice with feta cheese and watermelon as a salad.

    hmmm, thank you. will give that ago :):)


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    Magic Monkey wrote: »
    If you warm up some oil then add toasted (on a dry frying pan) pumpkin seeds and leave it to cool, you'll have toasted pumpkin seed oil, which can also be puréed and passed to thicken and intensify the flavour. Very nice with feta cheese and watermelon as a salad.

    In other countries you can find cold pressed pumpkin seed oil.
    It is lovely in salad dressings.
    Just wondering if anyone has seen that for sale here?


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    Regina Phalange
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    Moonbaby wrote: »
    Where did you get your pumpkin seed oil please?

    I use in pumpkin seed mayo as a condiment.

    If you thinned your pesto out with some vinegar, it would make a nice salad dressing.
    irishbird wrote: »
    we were just wondering where you gort your punpkin seed oil :o:o

    I actually got some from my aunt. I'll ask her where she got it. She's based in Galway, I presume it'll be somewhere there..... I'll be back!


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    Regina Phalange
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    Apologies for delay. My aunt purchased Pumpkin Seed Oil in Mortans, Salthill in Galway.

    Still haven't made it yet... must get a wiggle on!


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    Moonbaby wrote: »
    In other countries you can find cold pressed pumpkin seed oil.
    It is lovely in salad dressings.
    Just wondering if anyone has seen that for sale here?

    They sell the toasted kind at the olive stand at farmer's market in Dun Laoghaire on Sundays, and I've seen the other kind for sale in the health food shop at the Newmarket co-op in Dublin 8. Mmm pumpkin seed oil!


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    Sapsorrow
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    I'd just have it some nice crunchy veg crudite. I made a wild garlic pesto a year or two ago that was lovely from a Dennis Cotter recipe, might go have a look out in the garden and see how the garlics doing and give it another go, was delicious on freshly dug and boiled spuds. You can do a walnut pesto too along the same lines.


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    bonkey
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    Vom Fass should sell pumpkin seed oil. They have a store in Dublin (South Anne St.) and also a webby (www.vomfass.ie)

    The oil is sourced from the Steyrmark, if memory serves. Its not the best I've ever had...but its good.


    In case anyone is wondering...I have no affiliation whatsoever with the group, other then that I frequent their shop in Bern (Switzerland).


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