Recipe - Pumpkin Crumble With Apples Raisins And Bourbon

One; (2to2One half pound)
; pumpkin, cut in
; 2inch square
; chunks (rind on)
2 lg Golden Delicious apples;
about 1 pound
One half cup Granulated sugar
1 Lemon; juice of
1 One half Sticks unsalted butter
One fourth cup Bourbon
2 tablespoon Raisins
One fourth teaspoon Allspice
One half teaspoon Cardamom
Three fourths cup Quickcooking oats
Three fourths cup Allpurpose flour
Three fourths cup Lightly packed light brown
sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Place the pumpkin chunks in a roasting pan and pour in water to a depth
of One fourth inch. Cover tightly with foil. Place in the oven and cook for 30
minutes or until the pumpkin is just tender. Remove from the oven, cut away
the rind and stringy flesh and cut the pumpkin flesh into slices about 2
inches long and One half inch thick.

3. While the pumpkin is cooking, peel and core the apples and cut each
apple into 16 slices. Toss the slices with the granulated sugar and lemon
juice. Heat One half stick of butter in a heavy saucepan over mediumhigh heat
until it melts and starts to sizzle. Add the apple slices. Stir well. Add
the bourbon, raisins, allspice and cardamom. As soon as the mixture comes
to a boil, lower the heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Then add the
cooked pumpkin. Turn off the heat.

4. Make the topping: In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, flour and
brown sugar. Cut the remaining stick of butter into 16 or so pieces and
knead it into the oat mixture until you have lumps the size of small peas.
Do not overwork it.

5. Butter the bottom of a 12inch oval casserole. Spread the pumpkin and
apple mixture out in it and top with an even layer of the oat mixture.
Place under a broiler until the top is sizzling brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Let
rest for 5 minutes and serve.

Yield: 8