• Sweet pumpkin

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 30 mins

    Ingredients

    • 45ml (3 tbsp) sunflower oil
    • 5 cloves
    • 2 cinnamon sticks
    • 800g pumpkin, peeled and diced
    • 65g (½ cup) treacle sugar
    • 125ml (½ cup) water
    • 10ml (2 tsp) ground cinnamon
    • 5ml (1 tsp) ground nutmeg

    Instructions

    1

    Heat the oil in a medium pot. Add the cloves and cinnamon sticks to the oil and fry until fragrant, about 1 minute.

    2

    Add the pumpkin to the pot and fry for 5 minutes, stirring every now and then. Add the sugar, water and ground spices to the pumpkin and mix well.

    3

    Cook over medium heat, stirring every few minutes, until the pumpkin has softened and become sticky and sweet, about 25 minutes.

    4

    Serve with roast meat or a bredie.