Smoked Pumpkin Butter – Girls Can Grill

Indulge within the wealthy, smoky flavors of selfmade smoked pumpkin butter; a singular twist on a traditional fall favourite.

What’s pumpkin butter?

To begin, it’s not butter in any respect. Just like different fruit butters like apple butter, it’s a candy and creamy unfold constructed from cooked-down fruit that’s spiced with heat fall flavors.

Whereas you can also make pumpkin butter with canned pumpkin, it’s even higher if you begin with a contemporary pumpkin and smoke it on the grill over applewood or pecan wooden.

Individuals usually sweeten pumpkin butter with components like sugar, maple syrup, or honey.

My recipe is somewhat distinctive in that I take advantage of darkish brown sugar, maple syrup, apple cider and eggnog. Eggnog is flavored with heat spices and a contact of vanilla extract.

As a substitute of shopping for particular person jars of fall spices like floor cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and allspice, I like to recommend utilizing pumpkin pie spice or apple pie spice. It’s extra economical.

Substances

• Sugar Pumpkin: These are cute small spherical pumpkins. They’re normally solely out there on the grocery retailer in October and November. In addition they go by the identify candy pumpkin, sugar pie pumpkins and pumpkin pie pumpkin.
• Brown Sugar: I take advantage of darkish brown sugar for a richer taste.
• Eggnog: It is a fall staple for just about each candy pumpkin and sweet potatoes recipe I make. It’s a scrumptious means so as to add much more vacation magic to your favourite fall recipes.
• Apple Cider: You can too use apple juice.
• Pure Maple Syrup: Whereas you need to use the faux stuff, pure maple syrup will actually intensify the pure pumpkin taste. 
• Pumpkin Pie Spice
• Kosher Salt

Substitutions: If you do not have time to smoke a contemporary pumpkin, you can also make pumpkin butter with a canned pumpkin. Simply skip the smoking and mixing steps. Make sure you utilize pure pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling. The filling is pre-sweetened. 

See the complete recipe card under for servings and a full listing of components.

Methods to make smoked pumpkin butter

Preheat your grill or smoker to 350F levels with an oblique warmth zone. Applewood and pecan wooden chips or wooden pellets work nice with this recipe.

1. STEP ONE: Rigorously, reduce the pumpkin in half. Use a spoon to scrape out the heart and seeds.

PRO TIP: Save the pumpkin seeds to make Smoked Bacon Pumpkin Seeds.

2. STEP TWO: Place the 2 pumpkin halves on the grill over oblique warmth reduce facet up. Smoke for one hour.

3. STEP THREE: After one hour, the pumpkin flesh ought to be tender and fork-tender.

PRO TIP: I take advantage of an instant-read digital thermometer to test the interior temperature of my pumpkins. After they attain 205-210F levels they're prepared.

4. STEP FOUR: Use a spoon to take away the cooked pumpkin from the pores and skin and place it in a blender or meals processor with 1/4 cup of water. Discard the pores and skin. Purée the pumpkin, till it’s clean. Add extra water if it appears too dry.

5. STEP FIVE: Place the contemporary pumpkin puree in a medium sauce pot on the range high over medium warmth with the eggnog, brown sugar, syrup, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Carry to a boil.

6. STEP SIX: Cut back the warmth to low. Simmer for half-hour, stirring often.

Methods to serve smoked pumpkin butter

Unfold pumpkin butter on English muffins, toast or homemade biscuits, or attempt it on French toast and pancakes.

The pumpkin unfold is additionally nice on a fall charcuterie board with jams, crackers and cream cheese.

Storage

As soon as the pumpkin butter has cooled, retailer the candy unfold in a mason jar or hermetic container within the fridge for as much as two weeks.

This selfmade pumpkin butter recipe makes for an amazing present across the holidays. Every batch will yield two 8-ounce jars or 4 4-ounce jars.