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Pumpkin Mashed Potatoes Ingredients: Six petite pumpkins, each about three to four inches in diameter Four russet or Yukon gold potatoes 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter Pinch of salt, pepper and ground nutmeg Ground ginger to taste Parmesan cheese and parsley to garnish Directions: Preheat oven to 325-degrees. Cut top off each pumpkin and roast, flesh side down, in preheated oven 15 to 25 minutes, until tender but not mushy. Separate and remove flesh and seeds from pumpkins. Add pumpkin flesh to cooked potatoes. Slowly add milk with butter to the potato and pumpkin mixture and mix gently together with food processor on slow speed. Alternatively, you can use a hand mixer. Season to taste with salt, pepper, nutmeg and ginger. Using star tip on decorating bag, pipe mashed potatoes into pumpkins. Sprinkle Parmesan over each pumpkin and broil until golden brown. Garnish with parsley. Recipe makes six servings.
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