Fall time is pumpkin time!

While in summer we like to prepare light and quick dishes, salads and the like because we prefer to be outside rather than in the kitchen, in autumn we like to spend hours cooking and baking. When it gets dark earlier and earlier and sometimes uncomfortable, we love trying out new and old recipes.

We would like to introduce you to the most delicious of them under the heading “Recipes”.

Autumn is the It's pumpkin season. We love pumpkin, so of course we had some on our table this weekend, starting with a delicious casserole.

This tasted so delicious that I would like to share it with you.

For 4-6 people we need for the casserole:

• 1 Hokkaido pumpkin
• 500g potatoes
• 500g mushrooms
• 400g (soy) cream
• 1 onion
• 1 garlic clove
• Vegetable oil
• Parsley
• 1 tsp vegetable stock
• salt and pepper

We preheat the oven to 200°C (fan oven).

Now we wash the Hokkaido, cut it in half and remove the seeds with a spoon. Then we cut the pumpkin into thin slices. We wash and peel the potatoes and cut them into equally thin slices.

We layer pumpkin and potatoes in a greased baking dish.

Season the cream and mix it with the vegetable stock, salt and pepper and pour it into the casserole dish over the potatoes and pumpkin

We bake the whole thing for 30 minutes in the preheated oven at 200 degrees (fan oven).

While the casserole is in the oven, clean the mushrooms, remove the stems and then cut them into slices. Peel the onion and garlic and cut them into fine cubes. Now fry the mushrooms with the onion and garlic in a little oil in a pan and season with salt and pepper. Then wash the parsley, chop it finely and stir it into the mushrooms.

When the 30 minutes are up, we pour the mushroom mixture over the vegetables in the casserole dish and spread it out evenly. Then we bake our casserole for another 10 minutes.

Serve with a fresh salad. Delicious!

For dessert there was pumpkin again, this time in the form of delicious muffins:

We need the following ingredients for about 12 muffins

• 350 g spelt flour
• 200 g brown sugar or other sweetener
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 350 g Hokkaido pumpkin
• 100 ml oil
• Milk as needed
• 1 pinch of salt
• According to your taste ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves

glaze

• 250 g icing sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp water

We cut the pumpkin, including the skin, into cubes that are not too big and let them boil in a pan with a little water until soft. Then we puree the whole thing thoroughly with the hand blender and then let it cool down well. In the meantime, we mix the ingredients for the dough and then add the pureed pumpkin. Now we fill the dough into the muffin tins.

The muffins must now be baked in the preheated oven at 180°C for 25-30 minutes (use a toothpick test).

For the glaze, we mix the powdered sugar with lemon juice and water until smooth and spread the glaze on the muffins - done.

Have fun trying it out!

Now you!

What do you like to eat most in autumn?
I look forward to your recipes!

Best regards
Nicole from kidz.ch