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Smashing pumpkins: 30 of our best-ever recipes

We may not have a pumpkin spice latte season like they do in North America, but it’s well and truly pumpkin season here. As the air cools, stir the autumn staple through creamy pastas and risottos, blitz it into soothing soups, or cut it into chunky wedges and spice it up in robust roasts, salads and warming curries.

30 recipes
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s one-pan chicken with pumpkin, coriander and chickpeas.
EASY

One-pan chicken with pumpkin, coriander and chickpeas

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
This smooth pumpkin sauce clings to any long pasta shape.
EASY

Katrina Meynink’s life-changing pumpkin pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Get hands-on with this Mexican spice-roasted pumpkin with warm feta pico de gallo.
EASY

Mexican spice-roasted pumpkin with warm feta pico de gallo

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
This warming vegetarian risotto is ideal for the transition to cooler weather, made with naturally sweet roasted pumpkin.
EASY

Pumpkin risotto with rosemary and goat’s cheese

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Eat the rainbow with this flavour-packed salad.
EASY

Roasted pumpkin, farro, chickpea and golden halloumi salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
Malaysian-style pumpkin and chicken curry pie with roti.
EASY

Malaysian-style pumpkin and chicken curry pie with roti crust

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
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Danielle Alvarez’s pumpkin, pancetta and barley soup.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez’s pumpkin, pancetta, kale and barley soup-meets-stew

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Pumpkin soup.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s classic pumpkin soup

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Alison Roman's spicy roasted pumpkin with pickled onion.
EASY

Alison Roman’s spicy roasted pumpkin with pickled onion

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Alison Roman
One-dish wonder: Spiced pumpkin wedges with tomato and pearl barley.

Spiced pumpkin with turmeric and tomato pearl barley, harissa and yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Risoni salad with roasted red capsicum, pumpkin, basil and feta
EASY

Risoni salad with roasted red capsicum, pumpkin, basil and feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
The optional addition of browned butter and sage results in a nutty flavour.

Roast pumpkin orzo ‘risotto’ with brown butter and sage

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter.
EASY

Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
An accidentally vegan roasted pumpkin and brown rice salad with a Japanese twist.
EASY

Tonkatsu butternut pumpkin with cucumber, wasabi and brown rice salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
RecipeTin Eats’ Golden coconut pumpkin curry.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ golden coconut pumpkin curry

  • < 30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
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Coconut milk adds creaminess to this vibrant vegetarian curry.
EASY

Pumpkin, zucchini and green bean curry

  • < 30 mins
  • Sarah Pound
Pumpkin, feta and shallot tart.
EASY

Roast pumpkin and shallot tart with harissa and cumin dressing

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
One-tray butternut pumpkin, chickpea and paneer curry with coconut sambal.
EASY

One-tray butternut pumpkin, chickpea and paneer curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Rigatoni with pumpkin cream, rosemary and bacon.

Adam Liaw’s rigatoni with pumpkin cream, rosemary and bacon

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
RecipeTin Eats’ new favourite Christmas pumpkin salad.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ favourite pumpkin salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
Pumpkin, chickpea and chermoula pies with optimum crisp filo coverage.

Chermoula roast pumpkin and chickpea filo pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Creamy pumpkin soup meets pasta.

Creamy pumpkin and blue cheese pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Pumpkin and pesto pearl cous cous salad.
EASY

Pesto cous cous with maple roasted pumpkin and almond

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Garam masala and black pepper pumpkin curry.
EASY

Garam masala and black pepper pumpkin curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Give a pumpkin half the Hasselback treatment.

Hasselback pumpkin with herb butter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Danielle Alvarez’s chicken, pumpkin, chickpea and rice soup with spiced chilli oil.

Chicken, pumpkin, chickpea and rice soup with spiced chilli oil

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Pumpkin and radicchio salad with sweet and sour dressing and goat’s cheese.
EASY

Honey-roasted pumpkin and radicchio salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Turmeric chicken, roasted pumpkin and lentil salad.
EASY

Turmeric chicken, roasted pumpkin and lentil salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Sarah Pound
This rustic galette is a great way to repurpose leftover roast pumpkin.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s roast pumpkin and goat’s curd galette

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Chunky pumpkin and chickpea curry.

Karen Martini’s pumpkin and chickpea coconut curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini