{"id":2890,"date":"2023-11-14T13:35:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:19:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:19:51","slug":"kurbisfest-2023-sweet-mama-enchiladas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/14\/kurbisfest-2023-sweet-mama-enchiladas\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurbisfest 2023: Sweet Mama Enchiladas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the K\u00fcrbisfest.<\/a>
September 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This is the first pumpkin post of the season, because after I bought the pumpkins in September, the weather stayed hot until my parents came to visit. It’s cold now, and I’ve got lots of time, so here we go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In previous years, my green pumpkins have kept until February or even March<\/a>. This year the green one, a Japanese variety called Tsurunashi-Yakko<\/a>, or “Sweet Mama” in Germany, was the first to go soft and a bit fuzzy on the bottom. Sigh. Time to butcher.<\/p>\n\n\n

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And away we go.
October 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Since it was going to be a few days before I could use it in a meal, I decided to roast and puree it. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Into the fire!
October 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I like how the color changed, the orange deepened, after roasting.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I may have left it in a bit long.
October 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

While researching this post, I learned the rind is edible<\/a>, but at the time I didn’t know, so I scraped off the meat, including the burned spots, for my puree.<\/p>\n\n\n

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And it’s just that easy.
October 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Sweet Mama was indeed sweet, with a noticeable pumpkin flavor that was not very intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then I left it in the refrigerator for a few days, until chicken went on sale and I could make Pumpkin-Chicken-Bean Enchiladas. The recipe has been in my grimoire for a few years; I think it might be adapted from this one<\/a>.

It’s not really spicy, just intensely seasoned. Or to put it another way, it’s not hot, but flavorful. (I am struggling with the English language here–in German, this is a very easy thing to say, “Nicht scharf, nur hochgew\u00fcrzt!”<\/em>) Anyway, one thing that makes this recipe different from other enchiladas I like to make is that the sauce is cold–you blend up the puree with tomato sauce and sour cream–when it goes into the oven. It’s an umami bomb: the only ingredient that doesn’t seethe with flavor is the tortillas.

(Not pictured: Instead of jalapeno, I used some green salsa chiles that I grew in pots. Go me!)

I was so excited about the first enchiladas of fall, I forgot to take any pictures before we dug in. They are very, very creamy.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Already got in my belly.
November 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

That only used up about half of the puree, so next stop was muffins<\/a>. It’s the same ingredients as Aunt Inez’s Pumpkin Bars from the 1986 church cookbook, but with less oil, and “pumpkin pie spice” (I used cinnamon and nutmeg). The cinnamon-sugar on the top uses Indonesian cinnamon, not Ceylon, because I need the coumarin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Again with the eating before photographing…
November 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Will I buy another Sweet Mama next year? It was delicious, and easy to cut up, but I’ll have to take the short storage time into consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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