Accompanied by a unique pumpkin soup
Method
Cheesecake with pumpkin
Cut the pumpkin into slices, remove the pumpkin seeds and the fibers and remove the skin
Pass it through the grater
Season with salt and place it in a colander for about an hour to remove its liquids by squeezing it at the end
Preheat the oven at 200 degrees without the fan
Finely chop the onions and herbs
Fry the onion a little until it softens and remove from the heat to cool
Place all the filling ingredients in a bowl and mix well
Place the filo pastry in a buttered pan and butter it well and continue the same process with the other two leaves.
Place the filling on the third sheet and on top the other three, buttering them well
Cut it and bake it for 60 minutes
For the soup
Using a glass cut cylinders (as many as the portions) from the core of the pumpkin
Peel a squash, grate it and chop the potatoes, carrots and onions
Cut the pumpkin into cubes
Put oil in a saucepan and fry the onions, carrots, potatoes and garlic for 2 minutes
Add the pumpkin and fry for 2 more minutes
Add the vegetable broth and let it boil until the vegetables are soft
Mash the soup with the hand blender in the pot
Grill the smoked pancetta and garlic clove in a grill pan
Once the pancetta is crispy, remove it and place it on absorbent paper
Then place the onions on the frying pan and let them caramelize. Put them on absorbing paper with the pancetta.
Serve the soup with a roll on which you add a little pancetta and caramelized onion
Ingredients
Cheese pie with pumpkin
6 sheets of filo pastry (750 g)
125 g butter
1 kg pumpkin, grated
30 ml olive oil
1 large onion (200 g)
5-6 spring onions (65 g)
30 g chopped parsley (half a cup)
30 g chopped dill (half a cup)
25 g chopped mint (half a cup)
400 g feta cheese
250 g myzithra (fresh salted cheese)
40 g bread crumbs (2 tablespoons)
salt and pepper
Pumpkin soup
I kg pumpkin, cut into cubes
2 potatoes (400 g)
2 carrots
1 onion (120 g)
1-2 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons of clarified butter
1,2 l vegetable broth
salt and pepper