Pumpkins!
November 2nd, 2009 | Published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture | 5 Comments

Oven-cooked, stuffed 'Potimarron' pumpkin!
Regular Grenoble Life contributor Suzanne Bonnefond takes a seasonal opportunity to share her photos of Foire A L’Ancienne Et Aux Potirons in St Antoine l’Abbaye, and her recipe for stuffed potimarron pumpkin. Enjoy …
by Suzanne Bonnefond
On October 25th there was the Foire A L’Ancienne Et Aux Potirons in the medieval village of St Antoine l’Abbaye, Isère. On that note, here is a stuffed pumpkin recipe.

Stuffed 'potimarron'
Stuffed potimarron
Potimarron is the small orange variety of pumpkin that you can find in all the markets.
Rub a little oil on the pumpkin to give it a nice colour once cooked. Boil the whole potimarron in water for about 10 minutes, so that it will be easy to cut. Then, open it and remove the seeds, fill it with cooked vegetables, and add fresh cream or water, grated nutmeg, and salt and pepper. You can add gruyère on top if you like but personally I keep it simple, as it already has a delicious chestnut-like taste. Cook in the oven for a good half an hour, the flesh of the potimarron will be very tender.

Enormous pumpkins: St Antoine l’Abbaye

Pumpkin cart: St Antoine l’Abbaye

All manner of 'courges': St Antoine l’Abbaye

Walnuts and 'courges': St Antoine l’Abbaye

The market in St Antoine l’Abbaye
Il y avait une foire aux courges à St Antoine, et j’en profite pour vous donner la recette du potimarron farci
Recette du potimarron farci
Le potimarron, c’est la petite courge c ouleur orange que l’on trouve sur tous les marchés.
Enduire le potimarron avec un peu d’huile pour lui donner une belle couleur à la cuisson. Faire cuire le potimarron entier dans l’eau bouillante pendant 10 minutes environ, ensuite on pourra le couper facilement. Le couper pour pouvoir le vider de ses graines, puis le remplir de légumes déjà cuits, avec eau, ou crème fraîche, et de la noix de muscade, sel, poivre … on peut ajouter du gruyère … je n’en mets pas je le fais le plus simplement possible, car la chair a un délicieux goût de châtaigne. Laisser cuire au four une bonne demi heure … la chair du potimarron va se détacher …

November 2nd, 2009 at 3:05 pm (#)
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November 3rd, 2009 at 5:06 pm (#)
That sounds great – I will have to try it!
November 8th, 2009 at 9:10 pm (#)
Looks beautiful and Yummy !!!
November 9th, 2009 at 2:24 pm (#)
Indeed …
when I came to France I was amazed by the sheer variety of pumpkins and simple yet delicious ways to cook them. Growing up in London I thought Pumpkins were only for Halloween – I barely knew you could eat them! It seems we don’t really have sufficient translations for all the different types of ‘Courges’, including potimarron itself.
Thanks again Suzanne for opening my eyes with this tantalising photo-recipe !
November 9th, 2009 at 2:51 pm (#)
James, I think potimarron is a japanese variety …