{"id":1457,"date":"2014-10-08T10:35:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T17:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2014-10-08T10:35:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T17:35:17","slug":"fall-into-fall-with-pumpkin-and-seafood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/fall-into-fall-with-pumpkin-and-seafood\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall into Fall with Pumpkin and&#8230; Seafood!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Rebecca Gardon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Pumpkin-pasta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3559 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Pumpkin-pasta-e1522100114740-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin pasta\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Between pumpkin lattes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pasta and pumpkin carving, we\u2019ve got a pretty good idea you celebrate fall like we do.<\/p>\n<p>Would a bath of pumpkin puree be <em>totally <\/em>inappropriate?<\/p>\n<p>Rather than digress down that drain, let&#8217;s cozy up to cooler weather with a few pumpkin-and-seafood dishes sure to warm your belly from here &#8217;till Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robust <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/nigella-lawson\/thai-yellow-pumpkin-and-seafood-curry-recipe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thai Yellow Pumpkin and Seafood Curry<\/a> from Food Network\u2019s Nigella Lawson brims with pumpkin, salmon and shrimp swathed in a creamy coconut curry. One bite and you just may find you\u2019ve been whisked away to India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Festive and fun! For one Halloween with Siegfried and Roy, our friend Chef Wolfgang Puck decorated individual servings of his finished <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/pumpkin-risotto-recipe0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pumpkin Risotto<\/a> by drizzling on reduced beet juice that looked like deep red blood. To wow your guests further, serve this dish alongside pan seared scallops, colossal <a href=\"http:\/\/store.catalinaop.com\/COLOSSAL_Baja_White_Shrimp_p\/shellfish_e2.htm\">wild Mexican shrimp<\/a> or a lobster tail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Speaking of impressing your guests, the Barefoot Contessa\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/food-network-kitchens\/squash-soup-in-pumpkin-bowls-recipe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squash Soup in Pumpkin Bowls<\/a> (pictured) looks almost too pretty to eat. We think we can manage it though. Mainly because we think this soup would taste even better alongside a toasty <a href=\"http:\/\/store.catalinaop.com\/Baja_Rock_Crab_Meat_p\/shellfish_b4a.htm\">Baja rock crab<\/a> melt!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Alternatively you could put crab meat <em>in the soup<\/em> like John Besh does with his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chefjohnbesh.com\/recipes\/pumpkin-soup-with-crabmeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pumpkin Soup with Crabmeat<\/a>. The recipe is a favorite of his, and part of his holiday collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We figure if something is good enough for the Ritz-Carlton, it\u2019s definitely worth a try. The Palm Beach-based hotel\u2019s restaurant, Temple Orange, features a decadent-sounding dish of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachillustrated.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.details&amp;ArticleId=1194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seared Scallops with Pumpkin Puree<\/a> complete with crispy pork belly. Yes, please.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Pumpkin may seem like a grown-up ingredient but you can get the kids in on it, too. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/food-network-kitchens\/tortellini-with-pumpkin-alfredo-sauce-recipe.html?ic1=obinsite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tortellini with Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce<\/a> from Food Network Magazine aims to please the pickiest of palates. While the kids devour a bowl of it, you can enjoy it as a side dish to a nice piece of broiled fish such as tuna or <a href=\"http:\/\/store.catalinaop.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Sushi_Fish_1C3&amp;Click=48266\">salmon<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rebecca Gardon Between pumpkin lattes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pasta and pumpkin carving, we\u2019ve got a pretty good idea you celebrate fall like we do. Would a bath of pumpkin puree be totally inappropriate? Rather than digress down that drain, let&#8217;s cozy up to cooler weather with a few pumpkin-and-seafood dishes sure to warm your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15442,"featured_media":1458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dock-to-dish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalinaop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}