Among the many favorite flavors of fall, perhaps one of the most beloved is pumpkin. From the Pumpkin Spice Latte craze to roasting your own pumpkin seeds, pumpkin just goes well with fall.
This season is full of pumpkin recipes to be enjoyed. From breakfast to dinner and dessert, you can incorporate pumpkin flavor into all of it. And if you’re looking to elevate your pumpkin recipes to the next level, include extra virgin olive oil in your fall cooking and baking.
How to Elevate Pumpkin Recipes Using Olive Oil
The natural and infused flavors of olive oil can help your pumpkin recipes reach a new level of flavor. Olive oil complements the rich pumpkin flavor rather than overpowering it, making a culinary harmony.
Here are just a few of the many ways you can use olive oil to help elevate your fall pumpkin recipes.
Use Olive Oil in Roasting
A favorite way to utilize as much of the pumpkin as possible is to roast the seeds. Rather than throwing it out with the other pumpkin slime, save those precious seeds and roast them up for a fall treat. Drizzling extra virgin olive oil on the seeds, along with sea salt or other seasoning, before baking can enhance their rich flavor in a healthy and simple way.
Substitute Olive Oil for Butter in Baking
One of the many wonderful things about olive oil is that it is versatile to use in a variety of dishes. With its impressive health benefits, olive oil can be used as a substitute in fall baking. Use the healthier alternative of olive oil in crusts like in this Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe–which uses Butter olive oil so you don’t miss out on all the beloved flavor.
Use a fruity olive oil like Blood Orange to get the flavors started right in this Pumpkin Bread Pudding recipe.
Use Olive Oil as a Finishing Touch in Soups & Stews
Use olive oil in the preparing of ingredients like in this Thai Pumpkin Curry Soup recipe, or as a finishing touch to that warm bowl.
Best Olive Oil Flavors for Pumpkin Recipes
When it comes to flavor-infused olive oils, some flavors may pair better with pumpkin than others.
One option you can’t go wrong with is Fustini’s SELECT extra virgin olive oils. With intensities ranging from delicate to medium to robust, these quality olive oils are sure to be a great match no matter the pumpkin recipe.
For flavor-infused olive oils, some flavors that may pair well include savory options like Sage & Wild Mushroom or Tuscan Herb. Turn up the heat in the kitchen with flavors such as Chipotle olive oil.
You can also pair pumpkin flavors with fruity balsamic, which is great for baking. Opt for a Blood Orange olive oil or a Meyer Lemon olive oil to sweeten things up.
Regardless of the flavor, the best olive oils are of a high quality and don’t contain any additives or preservatives. Keeping the olive oil at its highest quality both maintains its impressive health benefits and wholesome flavor.
Use Olive Oil in Your Pumpkin Recipes
Olive oil can be an easy and flavorful ingredient to add into your pumpkin recipes. Check out this blog article to discover even more pumpkin recipes.