Halloween recipe: pumpkin cream

SHA Wellness Clinic

October 31, 2013

Fall recipe: Pumpkin cream

Nowadays, there is an international growth of Halloween festivity all over the world. Halloween is an American festivity held the night of 31st October, eve of All Saints, and the quintessential vegetable for these days is pumpkin. As many of you you will use empty pumpkins to decorate for Halloween, we thought of sharing a recipe for Halloween that allows you to make the most of its interior: a tasty and healthy pumpkin cream as a Halloween special recipe.

pumpkin health properties

Health properties of pumpkin

Pumpkin is a sweet vegetable, typical of fall – winter season (and the festivity of Halloween) with multiple properties and health benefits so it is used in many fall recipes.

Pumpkin helps regulate sugar levels in the body by stimulating the pancreas
The pumpkin is actively involved in the process of detoxification of the body and helps eliminate accumulated mucosities
Pumpkin helps regulate intestinal flora and fights constipation
For its high content of beta carotene and alfa carotene, pumpkin improves eyesight, the health of our skin and prevents cardiovascular diseases
Pumpkin has lots of vitamin C and is a great source of potassium

Recipe for pumpkin cream with crunchy nori seaweed and balsamic vinegar

Ingredients (for 10 servings approximately):

5 kilos pumpkin
500 grams of onion
500 grams of carrot
2 pieces of orange peel
2 pieces of lemon peel
150 ml of organic virgin olive oil
1 pack of nori seaweed
2 liters of balsamic vinegar
100 grams of rice syrup

Preparation of the pumpkin cream recipe:

For the pumpkin cream: Peel and wash the onions, the pumpkin and carrots. Remove the skin of the orange and lemon. Chop the onion and carrot and sauté. Then add the pumpkin cut and cored. Add the citrus peel and add water until covering it. Boil and, once cooked, mash and fine it.
For the crunchy nori: Cut into strips and once oil is hot, dip the seaweed for 10 seconds. Then move to a paper towel.
For the reduction of balsamic vinegar: Put the vinegar and the syrup in a souté along with the fire until it has the right texture and the syrup has crystallized.
How to serve: Place the pumpkin cream in a bowl decorate with the reduction of balsamic vinegar and place the crispy nori seaweed on top.