This sounds absolutely fabulous (and the show is too). I’ll be trying this.
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It’s very good, not as strong of a pumpkin flavor as I would have liked. I would add a bit more next time I make it.
What show are you talking about?
I’m wondering if fresh pumpkin may make a difference? We’ll experiment and see. Plenty of time for chili season experiments. The show is a British sitcom, Absolutely Fabulous
I have no I idea where I saw this but some person or cooking show or something like that did a test between fresh pumpkin and canned. The fresh took some much time and effort, plus you have the get the right kind of pumpkin which is not usually sold in many stores. In the end I believe they said it was fine but the canned stuff just tasted better.
Also, I’m just now realizing I bought my pumpkin puree from Aldi (discount grocery store) and it’s the store brand. I bet this is the main thing I should look to improve on. Ingredient quality. I should have gone with a better name brand.
I've made dozens of pumpkin pies, soups, cookies, etc with fresh and canned pumpkin. It's one of the few products on the market where the canned goods are just as nice as the fresh when it comes to recipe outcome. Now I'm not sure if there's a great difference in brands when it comes to quality, but I usually get Libby's.
To OP's point of wanting more pumpkin flavor, lightly fry the puree with some salt and MSG (or another umami component such as soy sauce or fish sauce) with a pinch of nutmeg and allspice. Balance with acid of choice (apple cider vinegar or black vinegar work very well, but honestly any will do) and you should get more pumpkin flavor out of your puree.
Oh man I’ve never heard of this technique, I love that idea and I will for sure try that out!
Mostly what you're doing here is balancing out the salt and acid levels of the pumpkin puree while carmalizing the sugars in it. The nutmeg and allspice accentuate the flavor and evoke pumpkin pie and since those spices are so synonymous with pumpkin in our minds, it helps make it taste "more pumpkiny". You could also use cinnamon here, but I find cinnamon is so noticeable that it will swing the flavor from "pumpkin" to "pumpkin pie" which may not work for every dish. Everything is added in very small amounts, I'll say. The result shouldn't taste salty, acidic, sweet or spiced, we're talking pinches and quarter to half teaspoons of ingredients to a 32 Oz can of puree.
Edit: there also needs to be an amount of fat for a rounded flavor profile, but I don't mention it here because I assume whatever dish I'm adding this to usually has that component in it. I also omit parts of this process if the recipe is going to do it anyway, such as in a blended curry or soup.
Pumpkin chilli?? Damn I'm in
Is that Tapatío on the sour cream? I'm hoping I can recognize it by sight in the wild.. ,)
Ha, I believe it is!
However… that is actually Greek yogurt, not sour cream!
Acv seems good. I’ve never had black vinegar. Can you try to describe the favor, please?
Hm, Aldi brands are touch and go; maybe. I’m wondering if there is specific type that may be better.
lol, you really can find just about anything on the internet. Amazing