Traditional Winter Homemaking in Our English Cottage | A Slow, Misty November Day

A misty November day at home in our English cottage: pumpkin soup from one supermarket pumpkin, fresh milled pumpkin bread, a walk by the lake and homemade pasta with my daughter. Winter homemaking, one cosy day at a time.

Pour yourself something warm and come and spend the day with me.

CHAPTERS
0:00 A misty November morning
0:30 Lighting the fire
2:00 Winter homemaking at the cottage
3:19 Cutting the pumpkin & keeping Christmas simple
6:20 Roasted pumpkin seeds & soup from odds and ends
10:29 A misty walk by the lake
12:57 Pumpkin puree & fresh milled pumpkin bread
17:00 Making pasta with my daughter

WHAT I MADE
Pumpkin soup: roasted pumpkin with onion, carrot, celery, garlic and any vegetable odds and ends from the freezer, paprika and cumin, finished with a swirl of cream and a little maple syrup.
Roasted pumpkin seeds: patted dry, tossed with salt and pepper, 15 minutes at 200°C.
Fresh milled pumpkin bread: the pumpkin quick bread from the King Arthur Baking Cookbook, with wheat berries weighed and then milled in place of the flour, gram for gram.
Pasta: bread flour, eggs and salt, rested in the fridge and rolled through the pasta maker.

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