Pumpkins mini

• Jack Be Little Pumpkins, tops cut off, seeds scooped, tops retained
• butter
• maple syrup
• orange juice or lemon juice
• cardamom, or any other spice of choice
• salt and pepper

Place prepared pumpkins on baking sheet. Put all ingredients inside pots. Replace lids. Roast at 400 degrees until very tender, about 40 mins. Serve whole and scoop out flesh to eat. Use any leftover flesh in pie or soup. 

Jack Be Little pumpkins are delicious stuffed with a variety of stuffings either sweet or savory.  Try this option below or substitue to your liking or available ingredients.  You could also try using onions, greens, rice, and lentils as a stuffing.  Or a sweet stuffing with rice, raisins, cranberries, apples, cinnamon, etc.  Any way you try it, these personal sized mini pumpkins are a perfect addition to a hoilday meal!

6 Jack-Be-Little edible minature pumpkins
1 1/2 cups whole milk
6 egg yolks
1/4-1/2 cup maple syrup
sprinkles of nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom, etc.
whipped cream