Love Pumpkin Bread? Pumpkin Cookies? How about the scintilating Pumpkin Cheesecake? What? CHEESE you say? Well funny you should mention it! I was wondering about how one would go about the creation of such a delightful little morsel. If anyone has any idea on how to make pumpkin cheese, let me know (Jaiden, I see a biiig Pumpkin with your name carved into it). If I'm successful you can all expect grilled pumpkin cheese sandwiches for your birthdays, thanks!
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Lyrhawn, I claim your first grilled pumpkin cheese sandwich. I'm sure you grill your pumpkin cheese to perfection.
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Why thank you Raia! I think the first grilled pumpkin cheese sandwich off the grill will be yours!
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You could probably start early in the cheese-making process by adding a bit of pumpkin to the whey -- assuming you wanted REAL pumpkin cheese. I have no idea what adding that much starch would do to the normal chemistry of cheese formation, though.
It'd probably work best for a jack or swiss; I don't think the flavors would be complimentary for most cheddars.
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lyr, do you know how to make normal cheese? Do so, add some pumpkin to it, probably in a pureed format, there's gotta be a cheesemaking place that can have an idea.
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Start with yogurt. It is easier than cheese and cheaper to make, but you can build off of the experience to make cheese. Plus, you can drain the whey from the yogurt to make yogurt cheese, which is wonderful stuff. You can buy special equipment for making yogurt cheese, but all you really need is some decent cheesecloth and maybe a large funnel.
Here is a good site, if you really want to learn how to make cheese.
Here's a thought for pumpkin cheese: mix pumpkin puree with yogurt and then drain the liquids out. You should end up with something tasting similar to pumpkin cream cheese. You wouldn't be able to slice it, but you could spread it on a bagel.
Honestly, it is difficult enough getting a firm curd in cheesemaking that adding pumpkin to the mix would probably be impossible. So a firm, pressed pumpkin cheese that you would be able to slice or grate is probably out of the picture. Pumpkin flavored soft cheeses should be doable, though.
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Well, I actually saw pumpkin cream cheese at the grocery store, and it made me think of this thread. Of course I had to buy some. It's not bad. The spices, especially cinnamon, are pretty strong, so I'm not really sure that I can actually taste any pumpkin underneath them.
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Dear goodness, I totally don't remember this thread.
I tried to make my own pumpkin cheesecake the other day and it was delicious, though I only got one piece (my brother at the rest (and there was a LOT)).
How is it on a bagel? And where can I get some?
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I don't remember this thread, either, even though I obviously posted in here. Well, Fahim could have used my computer and posted, although why he would want to I have no idea, but the writing style is completely my own, so it must be me...
Pumpkin cream cheese... *drools* Yep, I want me some. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Haha! I remember this thread! Lyr, I think you started because I dared you to, or something like that. I remember us having an AIM conversation about pumpkin cheese that prompted asking the world about it...
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The brand is American Heritage, and it's called Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread. I got it at a Super Walmart, so it probably is available nationally. I think it was too heavy on the cinnamon, but otherwise not bad. That's typical, though, for most "spiced" things you get in the grocery store. I'm rather tempted now to try my pumpkin yogurt cheese idea.
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I remember us having an AIM conversation about pumpkin cheese that prompted asking the world about it...
