6 recipes for Halloween with pumpkin: tasty, easy and spectacular!
Halloween is approaching and, in order not to be caught unprepared, you must have at least one pumpkin with you. If manual skills are not your strong point and you are not sure if you can carve a pumpkin, fear not: we offer you six recipes for Halloween with pumpkin. The recipes are all simple to make, but will add color and flavor to your Halloween table. Furthermore, they are all part of the Italian tradition, but have been revisited for the occasion.
Thanks to these recipes you will not have made a senseless purchase and the ghost of the bank account will not come to torture you!
If he gets close, scare him with a trick like this!
1. Halloween recipes with pumpkin: the haunted version of paccheri
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A Halloween recipe with pumpkin for a rich first course, which dares an original combination: paccheri, the traditional Neapolitan pasta, with pumpkin. Each pacchero will be ready to welcome some soft orange cream, and you will bring a beautiful and good dish to the table!
Ingredients for 4 people) :
- 350 g of paccheri
- 350 g of pumpkin
- 100 g of pit cheese
- salt
- pepper
- extra virgin olive oil
Click here to read the recipe!
2. Lasagna rich in pumpkin
Even the great Italian Sunday classic dresses up for Halloween. The lasagna turns orange and is filled with pumpkin, to delight even the most refined palates.
Ingredients for 4 people) :
- 500 g of egg pasta
- 1 kg of pumpkin
- 1 onion
- 1 knob of butter
- 60 ml of extra virgin olive oil
- 120 ml of white wine
- 250 g of bechamel
- 200 g of mortadella
- 100 g of grated Parmesan cheese
- nutmeg
- Salt to taste.
- pepper as needed.
Click here to read the recipe!
3. Linguine with pumpkin, gorgonzola and walnuts
Another Halloween recipe with pumpkin for another tasty first course.
Pumpkin for its creaminess, gorgonzola for its intense flavor, walnuts for the touch of crunchiness: how can you resist this very rich autumnal first course?
Ingredients for 4 people):
- 300 g of linguine
- 200 g of pumpkin pulp
- 1 zucchini
- 80 g of sweet gorgonzola cheese
- 50 g of walnut kernels
- 1 celery stalk
- 1 large white onion
- 10 Cl of milk
- 20 g of butter
- 1 tablespoon of parsley
- 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Click here to read the recipe!
4. Scampi with orange caponata: the Halloween recipe with pumpkin for fish lovers
The flavors of the sea and the earth come together in this delicious second course. A bed of vegetable caponata based on pumpkin, carrots and celery, on which delicious scampi are placed. Were you looking for a Halloween recipe with the original pumpkin? You found it!
Ingredients (for 6 people):
- 12 very fresh scampi
- 200 g of clean pumpkin
- 100 g of carrots
- 100 g of celery
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tablespoon of raisins
- 10 olives
- 5 tablespoons of vinegar
- 5 tablespoons of olive oil
- salt
- pepper
Click here to find out the recipe!
5. Pumpkin and spinach savory pie
If you have decided to opt for a Halloween buffet, you could prepare a delicious savory pie to cut into small pieces. It will certainly be devoured within a few minutes.
Ingredients for 4 people):
- 250 g of puff pastry
- 700 g of pumpkin
- 250 g of frozen spinach
- 200 g of ham
- 2 eggs
- 1 sprig of tarragon
- 250 g of cream
- 50 g of butter
- 1 pinch of nutmeg
- Salt
- Pepper
Click here to read the recipe!
6. Cannoli with candied pumpkin
Halloween is an excellent opportunity to devour a Sicilian cannoli ... we agree, right?
Ingredients (for 12 cannoli):
For the casing:
- 200 g of flour
- 20 g of lard
- 10 g of cocoa
- 2 eggs
- 30 g of sugar
- 5 cl of Marsala wine
- 40 cl of oil for frying
For the stuffing:
- 500 g of sheep ricotta
- 300 g of sugar
- 100 g of candied pumpkin
- 100 g of dark chocolate drops
- vanilla
Click here to read the recipe!
