The last couple of weeks the blog-o-sphere has been overflowing with pumpkin (and other great fall ingredients) recipes. Here in the northern hemisphere fall is in full swing and that means that our kitchens and ovens are getting busy preparing a great array of dishes using the best of the harvest. This is my favorite season of the year and pumpkin is one of my favorite ingredients. That’s why when the ingredients for this month’s Royal Foodie Joust were announced I was very excited. Kat won last month and she chose Orange Pumpkin (or anything other orange flesh squash, i.e. butternut, acorn, kabocha), Black (stout, Porter or other dark colored Beer) and Sugar.

Last weekend we went to the pumpkin show in Circleville, Ohio and looking at all those monster pumpkins gave me an idea of what I wanted to make. So today I had this for lunch, a delicious chile relleno bathed in a pumpkin sauce. I can still smell the delicious aromas lingering in my kitchen. There are many ways to make chiles rellenos and they can be stuffed with a lot of different ingredients, but I made a very simple chile relleno, the star of this recipe was the sauce.

¡Buen provecho!