Pumpkin Juice

There’s more to pumpkin juice than just breaking into a haunted pumpkin patch, fending off the zombies, and juicing a pumpkin. This Harry Potter-inspired version simmers spices, fresh ginger and vanilla bean – with apple juice to infuse it. Then it’s blended with soaked dried apricots, pumpkin purée and a little nutmeg. It’s sweetened only with dried apricots. Reprinted with permission from The Ghoulish Gourmet: A Bewitching Collection of Vegan Halloween Recipes by Kathy Hester © 2016 printed with permission.

Pumpkin Juice

There’s more to pumpkin juice than just breaking into a haunted pumpkin patch, fending off the zombies, and juicing a pumpkin. This version simmers spices, fresh ginger and vanilla bean – with apple juice to infuse it.

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Course: Beverage

Cuisine: Halloween

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 3 to 4

Author: Veg Kitchen

Ingredients

• 10 dried apricots
• 1½ cups water
• 2 cups apple juice
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 7 whole allspice berries
• 2 2-inch pieces thinly sliced ginger
• ½ vanilla bean split (or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract)
• ½ cup pumpkin puree
• ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions

• Soak the apricots in the water for at least 4 hours or overnight in the fridge.
• Add the apple juice, cinnamon stick, allspice, ginger and vanilla bean to a saucepan. Bring almost to boil, then turn heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Take off heat and let it cool a bit.
• Add the apricots and the soaking water to a blender and blend until smooth.
• Add the pumpkin purée and nutmeg and blend again.
• Strain the apple juice mixture into the blender to make sure only the liquid comes through. Blend until smooth.
• Put a fine mesh strainer over a pitcher and strain the pulp so that only the thick juice drips into the pitcher. Sprinkle with ground nutmeg before serving.

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