For some reason, I’ve recently decided to reread and rewatch the Harry Potter series. For that reason, when I saw someone request a post about pumpkin pasties from the book series I was pretty excited to try them. For those of you who haven’t read the books or seen the movies, pumpkin pasties aren’t described in much detail. All we know is that they’re supposedly super delicious.
I looked through a lot of recipes online. Because this is a fictitious dish form a fictitious story, there are many variations on the pumpkin pasties recipe. I eventually came across one that I considered to look the most accurate (I’ll attach a link at the bottom). From what I’ve gathered, most people agree that pumpkin pasties are a sweet variation of the typical pasties served in England, which makes sense given the setting of the Harry Potter series. The difference is though, that instead of meats these pasties are filled with a spiced pumpkin filling.
They were sort of like mini bite-sized pies with the crust on the outside. I was surprised by how different the pumpkin filling tasted because the spices really were game changers. I never realized that pumpkin spice (like what they put in those pumpkin spice latees at Starbucks) is actually pretty intense. The whole recipe took about an hour to make, but it can be a lot less if you decided to use premade pie crust which definitely woudl’ve been easier so I would recommend doing that instead of making it youself. Other than the canned pumpkin puree, all of the ingredients are probably already in your kitchen which is pretty convenient. I was really temped to eat them right when they came out of the oven, but they were really hot. It was worth it in the end though because taking a bite out of one of those pumpkin pasties felt like a combination of all the best parts of the fall weather with all of the best parts of Harry Potter.
Overall, I think these pumpkin pasties are so good especially for the upcoming fall weather. I’m definitely going to have to remake these every time I watch the movies or sit down with a book. I’ve attached a link to the recipe I used right here so if anyone decides to try it out let me know! Again, if anyone has any suggestions or recommendations for recipes that anyone wants me to look into in the following weeks let me know too. Next week I’m going to be making and writing about Bandeja Paisa so look out for that!
This is my dream come true! I am a Harry Potter fan. I will try to do this thank you!
YES!! I literally think I commented about the pumpkin pasties on your first or second post. I definitely will be trying the recipe because I am a huge HP fan.
I really like that you are experimenting with some recipes from fiction. That could make for a great blog in its own right. The recipe looks fantastic and is very fitting for the season.