Smoked Pumpkin Butter
A smooth, smoky, irresistible pumpkin butter. Perfect for topping oatmeal, pancakes, or waffles and for making pumpkin bread and cookies. Also makes a wonderful addition to savory soups and stews.
Equipment
- blender, grill
Ingredients
- 2 small pie pumpkins or butterkin squash cut in half and seeds removed
- 4 sprays oil
- pecan wood chips or bricks
- 1/3 cup honey (substitute sweetener of choice if vegan)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Set up grill or smoker with pecan wood to 250-300 degrees.
- Cut pumpkins in half and remove seeds. Spray interior with olive oil.
- Place pumpkins in a baking dish with cut side up.
- Smoke for 1 hour and then flip pumpkins halves over. Smoke an additional hour until insides very soft.
- When cool enough to handle, use an ice cream scooper to remove smoked pumpkin and discard the peel.
- Place 2 cups of prepared smoked pumpkin a saucepan with honey, cinnamon, cloves and water. Simmer for 5-10 minutes until incorporated.
- Transfer smoked pumpkin butter to a blender and process until smooth.
- Allow to cool to room temperature and store in refrigerator.