A Mountain Of Crushed Ice

As you all know, its pumpkin time and what`s better than a flaming tiki drink? Here´s my version of the halloween tingy - the pumpkin is a good thing and very useful so i got the idea to scoop out a pumpkin and use half of the flesh to make a pumpkin butter syrup along with some toasted pumpkin seeds and use the rest of the flesh to make a spicy pumpkin soup with coconutmilk, chicken, habanero pepper, ginger, nutmeg,and thyme Then using the pumpkin shell as a tiki volcano bowl and create a flaming drink. So much you can do with a pumpkin!

FLAMING TIKI PUMPKIN PUNCH

1 oz Old New Orleans Cajun Spiced Rum
1 oz Demerara rum (you may use any, i used XM10)
.75 oz pumpkin butter syrup
0.5 oz fresh lime juice
Small dash pimento dram
2 oz passionfruit juice
High proof demerara to float. (any overproof demerara rum)
Pinch of cinnamon top get the flame to sparkle and create the volcano effect.

Mix in blender 15 sek (add crushed ice last) float highproof demerara and serve in pumpkin volcano bowl. Place ½ passionfruit shell inside and fill with overproof rum and set alight. Toss some cinnamon powder over it.

Pumpkin Butter Syrup

Toast a handful of pumpkin seeds and set aside. Make a pumpkin syrup with 2:1 raw sugar and water, add a pinch of molasses and a pinch of light muscovado sugar. Add cubed pumpkin flesh and the pumpkin seeds and boil for 2 minutes, then set aside to cool and then bottle.

Before using the syrup warm up some and add a little butter and melt. Cool to roomtemp.

This turned out to be a spicy and quite strong punch, just right for tonight!