Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: The Great Pumpkin Feast

Foodbuzz gave me another shot at a 24, 24, 24 event so I set out to make this my best effort yet.  Multi-course meal for a few friends….piece of cake! I worked earlier in the day so I had to rush a little bit in order to have the first plate out by 6:30 but it’s no problem because all I do at work is prep so prepping at home was easy! There were a few components I started a few days before like stocks and sauces but other than that everything was made the day of in about 4 hours total.

I set out to have pumpkin in each course but it didn’t need to be prevalent because after 3 or 4 courses the taste of pumpkin overwhelms just about anyone.

I think it all came out pretty well but there is definitely room for improvement and refinement. It will come

Thanks again Foodbuzz! Here are the recipes!

Endives with Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese and Pumpkin Mango Sauce

Ingredients:

• Belgian Endives, halved
• Capers
• Smoked Salmon
• Cream Cheese
• Parsley, coarsely chopped
• Pumpkin mango sauce  (see below for recipe)

Procedure:

1. Blend cream cheese and smoked salmon together
2. Place mixture in piping bag then refrigerate until ready to use

Pumpkin Mango Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 large pumpkin, peeled, seeds and guts removed, then diced
• onions
• White wine
• clarified butter
• celery
• carrots
• chicken stock
• Mango (optional——–I say that because I used this sauce as a base then added the mango during the last step)

Procedure:

1. Sweat onions, celery, and carrots with a little clarified butter
2. Deglaze with wine wine
3. Add pumpkin and chicken stock
4. Reduce mixture by half
5. Strain then add whatever other flavor you want.

Kobe Beef on Crositini with a Glace de Foie Sauce and Pumpkin Gelee

Ingredients:

• Kobe Steak
• Clarified butter
• Baquette bread, made into crostini
• Pumpkin Gelee    (see recipe below)
• Parsley, minced
• Olive oil for bread as it’s cooking
• Salt and pepper
• Glace de Foie sauce (not giving you this recipe…..sorry)

Procedure:

• Rub steak with salt and pepper
• Sear each side on high heat  for 1 minute with clarified butter then remove from heat and let rest.
• Slice steak thin then place on bread and top with sauce and gelee

Pumpkin Gelee:

Ingredients:

• Gelatin
• Pumpkin lime sauce (use the same sauce from the endive recipe and add lime at the end)
• Sugar

Procedure:

• Act like you’re making jello, call it gelee, and charge a bunch of money for it!

Baby Lettuces with Cinnamon Vinaigrette, Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, Pomegranate Avrils,  Pumpkin Pom Sauce

Ingredients:

• Heirloom tomato, sliced 1/2 inch thick
• Baby lettuces
• Pomegranate avrils
• Pumpkin Pom Sauce (see the pumpkin sauce recipe used in the previous two recipes and add pomegranate juice)
• Cinnamon Vinaigrette (fresh ground cinnamon, olive oil, apple cider vinegar)

Procedure:

1. Put it all together

Pumpkin Cream Soup

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin, peeled, seeds and guts removed
• Rosemary
• Mirepoix (onions, celery, carrots)
• Heavy cream
• White wine
• Bacon
• Chicken stock
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Procedure:

1. Cook bacon in stock pot then remove and leave fat behind
2. Sweat mirepoix in bacon fat
3. Deglaze with white wine
4. Add chicken stock, pumpkin, rosemary, salt, and pepper
5. Pour in heavy cream

Chanterelle Mushroom Fettucine with Ground Pumpkin Confetti

Ingredients:

• Chanterelle mushrooms, diced……..use this instead of chicken in the fettucine recipe below.
• Fettucine (use this recipe but don’t add paprika and use fresh thyme, oregano, and parsley instead of lemon zest)
• Pumpkin Confetti (slice pieces of pumpkin into 1/4 inch squares then roast them in the oven for 8 hours @ 185F)

Stuffed Turkey Breast on Pumpkin/Sweet Potato Puree with Zucchini and Roasted Apple and Grapes

Ingredients:

• Stuffed turkey breast (use this recipe and use roasted pumpkin seeds in stuffing)
• Pumpkin/Sweet Potato Puree (roast pumpkin and sweet potato then puree with chicken stock and mirepoix)
• Roast grapes and apples @ 185 for 2 hours

Pumpkin Cupcake from Cupcake Royale with Pumpkin Ice Cream

I was going to do a Nitro-sorbet but I had a few problems.   Cupcake Royale (click)

Eric

BONUS TIME!!!!

PUMOSA

Farmers Cheddar Cheese Blend with Pumpkin Sauce and POM Avril’s

Smoked Salmon….no pumpkin…..haha

I need to work on my heavy cream pumpkin soup designing technique