Hints and tips:
...Add the ginger after a couple of minutes. Once the onion has sweated down, add the tomatoes and passata. Add the sugar and vinegar, season well with salt and pepper and stew gently for 20 minutes....
...Use a really good, firm pumpkin, like the Hubbard in the picture. Do not cut too big a hole in the top, thus weakening its structure....
...The deft touch carries over to the mains, highlighted by dishes such as tandoori skirt steak served with plantain chips and garlic spinach, and chilli-glazed blackened tamarind ribs with corn ginger salsa...
...Over the past 20 years, pumpkins have got better and better – Blue Hubbard, with pale green skin and deep orange flesh, is my favourite but Ironbark is close behind – and I have become more adept when confronted...
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