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🍰 Autumn Pumpkin and Chicory Cake

204 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 Onions
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 1 kg Butternut squash
• 130 g Pumpkin seeds
• 1 Carrot
• 0.5 Chicory
• 120 g Alpine cheese (1 piece)
• 10 g Parsley (0.5 bunch)
• 100 g Yogurt butter
• 40 g Breadcrumbs (2 tbsp)
• 3 Eggs
• 1 tsp Salt
• 200 g Low-fat quark
• 100 g Sour cream
• 160 g Corn semolina
• Pepper
• Nutmeg

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the onions and garlic. Dice both ingredients very finely.
2. 2. Peel the pumpkin and remove the insides. Grate the flesh finely.
3. 3. Finely chop the pumpkin seeds, but keep one tablespoon aside for later.
4. 4. Peel the carrots and cut them into long, thin sticks.
5. 5. Remove the hard cores from the chicory. Gently separate the leaves.
6. 6. Grate the cheese finely.
7. 7. Wash the parsley. Shake it dry and chop it finely.
8. 8. Melt the remaining butter in a pot.
9. 9. Grease a 28 cm (11 inch) springform pan with 10 grams of butter.
10. 10. Sprinkle breadcrumbs into the greased pan to coat it.
11. 11. Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt until frothy.
12. 12. Stir the melted butter into the eggs.
13. 13. Fold in the diced onions and garlic.
14. 14. Add the finely chopped pumpkin seeds (except for the one tablespoon kept aside).
15. 15. Stir in 100 grams of the grated cheese.
16. 16. Add the quark to the mixture.
17. 17. Fold in the sour cream.
18. 18. Add the semolina and stir everything well.
19. 19. Add the chopped parsley to the batter.
20. 20. Season the batter with pepper and ground nutmeg.
21. 21. Gently fold the grated pumpkin mixture into the batter.
22. 22. Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan.
23. 23. Smooth the surface of the batter.
24. 24. Sprinkle the cake with the remaining tablespoon of pumpkin seeds.
25. 25. Insert the carrot sticks and chicory leaves into the batter.
26. 26. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (160 degrees Celsius with fan or gas mark 2-3).
27. 27. Bake the cake for 50 to 60 minutes until golden yellow.
28. 28. Sprinkle the finished cake with the remaining grated cheese.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 204
• Protein: 10 g · Fett/Fat: 13 g · Carbs: 13 g