Celebrate Thanksgiving with us as we give thanks for all the good that has happened to us and think about why we can be thankful. RECIPES Cream of Pumpkin Soup 1. I started baking a pumpkin in a baking pan, cut in half, salted and peppered, with a few cloves of garlic in the middle of the cavity (no need to peel), halved red onion and 2 capsicum peppers. You can also add 2 carrots. I sprinkled it with oil, so it went into the oven. 2. Did I steam a leek until soft 3. I fried the pumpkin seeds in a pan with a little oil 4. After the pumpkin softened, I scraped out the inside. I pressed the garlic out of its skin. I started blending together with the onions, peppers, stewed leeks and a little fresh thyme in the machine. Add approx. 6-7 dl vegetable stock (if you don't have it, broth stock will also do, I had this at home just now.) 5. I started cooking on low heat, you can add salt and pepper to taste. (You don't have to cook it for a long time, it's enough to let it simmer on the fire.) 6. Approx. I added 2 tablespoons of the hot soup to 1 dl of cream (heat compensation), then mixed it into the soup. 7. When serving, I sprinkled it with toasted pumpkin seeds and poured a little balsamic vinegar on it. You can also add fried bacon. You can also make garlic toast with it. ------------------------------- Cranberry Sauce Ingredients: 34Og fresh cranberries Approx. 2dl water Juice of half an orange 125g brown sugar 1 large apple, peeled and diced (can be mixed with pears) 1 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring 1 cinnamon stick or cinnamon to taste 1 pinch of salt Preparation: Mix the water with the orange juice and sugar in a bowl. Start cooking over medium heat, adding the washed and drained blueberries and a pinch of salt. Approx. After 5 minutes, when the shell opens, add the apple (can be mixed with pear), vanilla and cinnamon. Cook together for approx. 15 minutes until it becomes thick. Serve chilled. ----------------------------------------- Hungarian grandma's apple pie Approx. Grate 1.2 kilos of apples and start stewing with the juice. Add 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar, lemon juice and cinnamon to taste. To 500g of flour, I add 1 baking powder, a pinch of salt, 1O dkg of granulated sugar, 2O dkg of soft butter, 5 dkg of lard (this is very important, it will make it crumbly!) Wrap the dough in foil and let it rest for half an hour in the fridge. Roll out the larger part (it's easier between 2 pieces of baking paper) and flatten it into the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle it thinly with semolina and put the apple filling on top. Grate the remaining dough on a large-holed grater and place it on top. At 165 degrees Celsius approx. It is ready in 30 minutes. ----------------------------------------- Corn Fritters 12O g flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, half a teaspoon of salt and 2 teaspoons of sugar 1 whole egg, 12O ml of lukewarm milk, 1 tablespoon of melted butter. Mix in 2 teaspoons of cornmeal and let the mixture rest in the refrigerator. Then spoon into hot oil and fry until golden brown. ------------------------------- Homemade aioli 2 cloves of garlic crushed in a mortar 1 pinch of salt and pepper 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon of mustard a drop of lemon juice, parsley to taste I mash it in a food processor, then add enough oil in a thin stream while stirring constantly to get a creamy texture. You can add salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste. ----------------------------- Carrot cake with cream cheese-orange frosting 1. Grate 4OO g carrots 2. grind 1OO g walnuts 3 3OOg of sugar and 4 whole eggs - mix in a machine Add 1 dl of soft butter and 1 dl of oil Mix the carrots and walnuts into 4. 25Og of flour 1 packet of baking powder, 1 pinch of salt 1 teaspoon of cinnamon Mix it into the mass. 5. In a preheated oven (set the temperature yourself for European ovens, in larger American ovens preheated to 39OF, you need to bake at 375F - don't change it, because it's not accurate), approx. It is ready in 1 hour. Check with a pin test. The frosting 226g cream cheese (Pl. Philadelphia) 85g soft butter 16Og powdered sugar One and a half teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon orange juice One and a half teaspoon grated orange peel pinch of cinnamon Blended in a machine. --------------------------------- Music Epidemicsound.com 2O24. December 1