This is a proper old-fashioned dark sticky ginger cake. Most of the moisture comes from the steamed, mashed squash but you’d never know (good for those people who hate the idea of vegetables in cake).

I’ve got two versions, one vegan, one not. I actually think the vegan one is better usually.

This is transcribed from Max Malkiel’s Recipe on Youtube

It makes 8 fluffy pitas. I generally don’t use the kitchen oven for these because the pizza oven makes great pitas. You can also use a pizza stone in a regular oven if you give it plenty of time to heat up.

I wanted to use a hot water crust pastry to make a Christmas main course. Given that we don’t eat meat, raised pork pies weren’t going to work. I’ve made a Christmas pie before that used butter beans, cheese, garlic and herbs so I decided to work from that and a raised pork pie and create a new recipe.