I was uninspired to cook after I came back from the Philippines - maybe because I was porked out and was traumatized by the Balut. For a week, I was eating out nearly every lunch and dinner and I decided I had to snap out of it. A friend inspired me to make a pesto pasta with some roasted pumpkin for mahjong night. That idea somehow got transformed into pumpkin risotto since I had inherited a box of Arborio Rice from a friend who left Aceh. I bought this medium-sized pumpkin in the vegetable market. Mind that I've never purchased a pumpkin other than having the intend to carve it. I had made risotto once years ago in Berkeley and it's not high on my "meals to remember" list. I made way too much gummy rice goo that sat in the fridge until it went moldy because my 2 boy roommates were afraid to eat it or throw it out. But I decided 5 years was enough of a gap and I should give risotto another shot. Lesson #1, I only made one portion, Lesson #2, I watched the clock carefully not to overcook the starchy Arborio rice. I had full confidence that this was going to a successful pot of rice goo! With the help of my wonderful stirring partner Shirley, a lovely pot of risotto emerged from my kitchen and was promptly consumed!
But then I had the problem of figuring out what to do with the 3/4 of the remaining pumpkin. I hate to throw things out, ingredients or leftovers. Shirley and I decided to experiment with pumpkin. We decided to cook up some curried pumpkin soup and more of that yummy rice goo. So last night, for dinner we had the soup, the risotto and tossed in a pumpkin pie as well.
Yay the pumpkin is finally gone! I think I'll be able to face another pumpkin in about 3 months. Anyone's got any good pumpkin recipes? Pumpkin bread? Pumpkin muffins? Pumpkin pasta?
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