There are many relaxing things you can do in November before the Christmas season starts...
You can finish all the trick-or-treat candies,
you can watch the Harry Potter series again and again (it's never enough!),
you can read the last new chick-lit novel (ok guys, also thrillers!),
you can go outside and let your dog jump in leaves,
or if you aren't so sporty, you can go just leaf-peeping (that's the official term of looking at fall leaves)!
But what I prefer more than anything else in November is still eating pumpkins... I could eat this deliciously sweet honeyed flesh every day.. It's pumpkin season just till December! And there are so many sweet must-try recipes, such as pumpkin scones, bread, chai tea, rolls, pies, muffins, donuts and more!
Apart pumpkin, there's a hidden ingredient that these seasonal recipes have in common... It's PUMPKIN PIE SPICE! That's what English people call it! A mix of few fall and winter spices that we can easily make at home.
That's the recipe:
PUMPKIN PIE SPICE
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoons ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
On Sundays I also prepare a syrup from the pumpkin flesh and I combine it with this fantastic spice mix. Starbucks calls it "PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE"! Don't look at me like this... You should try! It's just a spiced coffee with double cream and real pumpkin syrup! Delicious!
Try this recipe and you'll become addicted to it!
PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE
Pumpkin syrup
- 1 small pumpkin
- 400ml maple syrup (or honey)
- few cups of pumpkin pie spice
- 2 shots of caffè espresso
- 6 tbsp pumpkin syrup
- 1 tbsp of double cream
Mix the pumpkin puree with all the other ingredients in a saucepan and stir them while bringing to the boil, and cook for further 10 minutes. Strain the mix through a fine sieve.
Prepare the coffee and add 6 tablespoons of the syrup into it. Whip the cream and add it to the top.
Then sprinkle the ground pumpkin pie to garnish... Perfect!
Still Happy Pumpkin Spice Season to you all!
XXX, Betty
