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Alice Zaslavsky

Gourd almighty! Alice Zaslavsky’s recipe for pumpkin fritters with spiced chickpea couscous

Alice Zaslavsky’s pumpkin fritters on a bed of chickpea couscous served with yoghurt, paprika and mint
Smashing pumpkin: Alice Zaslavsky’s free-for-all pumpkin fritters on a bed of chickpea couscous served with yoghurt, paprika and mint. Photograph: Eugene Hyland/The Guardian

If you’ve ever thought “Oh my gourd!” about some leftover Kent pumpkin that’s gone soupy in your crisper, you’re not alone. Once you’ve made a batch of pumpkin soup, the remaining wedge tends to languish in the fridge until it becomes squelchy or a little blue around the edges and starts making advances towards the compost.

But if you think of pumpkin as zucchini’s weathered winter cousin, it’s much easier to get creative. Anywhere you’d put grated zucchini, you can sub grated pumpkin – such as in a slice, a muffin or a fritter.

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