ORANGE POWER

Pumpkin reminds many people Halloween. Greek cuisine doesn’t include pumpkins widely, apart from the pumpkin pies whose receipts are quite regional. The recipe that follows is a creamy, smooth sweet dessert with pumpkin, carrot and orange. You can enjoy it on its own or combine it with biscuits, chocolate syrup or whipped cream! Really tasty, really orange!

Ingredients

 2 servings

• 200 gr. Pumpkin
• 1 carrot
• 2 zested and juiced oranges
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• Vanilla extract (optionally)
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoon caster powder
• 1 teaspoon butter

Steps

1. Chop the pumpkin at cubes.
2. Peel the carrot.
3. Boil the pumpkin and the carrot in a saucepan till they soften.
4. Drain them and put them in a food processor or electric chopper.
5. Preheat the half milk at low-medium temperature.
6. Add the melted pumpkin, the carrot and the butter.
7. Add the vanilla and the orange zest.
8. In a bowl combine well the sunflower powder and the other half of milk till the powder dissolved.
9. Add it to the boiling cream.
10. Add the orange juice.
11. Stir frequently.
12. Your cream is ready to serve it when it thickens.

 The smell will truly amaze you! So fresh and lovely!

EH... WHAT'S COOKING, DOC? WHAT'S UP, DOC?

Carrot muffins!!!

Ingredients

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 medium carrots
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 eggs
1 1/4 (250 gr.) cup sugar 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup butter at room temperature






Steps

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius and oil the muffin cups. 
2. Peel and grate the carrots.
3. Stir the flour with the baking powder, the salt, the cinnamon and the vanilla in a large bowl.
4. In another bowl, whisk together the eggs with the sugar for about 3 minutes. 
5. Then add the butter and the grated carrots while continue beating.
6. Put the egg mixture to the first mixture and mix till combined well.
7. Divide the mixture among muffin cups, filling them two thirds full, and bake in middle of oven until puffed and a tester comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes.
8. Put them out of the oven and let muffins cool in cups before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.