Not just for Halloween

November 12th. In this chapter headed "A different pumpkin pie" Mr Slater says " A pumpkin entering my house is likely to end up as soup, stew or curry....." 

In my house it usually ends up being carved into a ghoulish face and put on the doorstep to welcome Halloween trick or treaters.

Yesterday, following Mr Slater's recipe A savoury pumpkin pie it ended up on the table for dinner. Not a recipe I was looking forward to, not really a fan of pumpkin. However I steamed, roasted ( for extra sweetness) and mashed my pumpkin and put it between layers of puff pastry. 

Surprisingly good we thought, served - as suggested - with a tomato sauce ( I made the one on page 473)

My husband took some left over pie for lunch today!!!