| Pumpkin is one of South Africa's favourite vegetables. | | | | 8 slices of white bread |
| Most restaurants serve pumpkin and spinach as | | | | Butter |
| vegetable side dishes with main meals and all mothers | | | | Apricot jam |
| buy it for their families. There are many ways in which | | | | 2 cups of pumpkin (1 butternut squash should do. Slice |
| you can serve the great varieties of pumpkin available | | | | very thinly) |
| like butternut squash, herbert squash, "boer" pumpkin or | | | | Salt |
| red pumpkin, to mention just a few.Not all types of | | | | Sugar |
| pumpkin are in season and therefor available all | | | | CinnamonMethod: |
| through the year, so you have to use the one that is in | | | | 1. Butter the bread on both sides and spread apricot |
| season at a certain time. The most common and | | | | jam on the side facing up. Place one layer in an oven |
| quickest way to prepare pumpkin is to boil it in a little bit | | | | proof glass dish, jam facing up. |
| of water, season lightly with salt and add some | | | | 2. Cut the pumpkin thinly, season lightly with salt and |
| cinnamon. Otherwise you can mix the pumpkin with | | | | place on top of the bread. |
| flour, salt and egg and bake "pampoenkoekies" in a | | | | 3. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle |
| little bit of oil, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and serve | | | | over the pumpkin. |
| warm.Another favourite recipe from times gone by, a | | | | 4. Repeat this until all the pumpkin and bread is used |
| truly traditional South African recipe, is "pampoenmoes". | | | | up, finishing with a layer of pumpkin. Dot a few extra |
| You can either bake this in the oven or boil it in a little | | | | clots of butter on the top. |
| bit of water in a saucepan. This is a recipe worth | | | | 5. |
| trying:Ingredients: | | | | |