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How to make a baked pumpkin and cheese pan – Italian Cuisine


Do you think of an autumn dish that is warmer, more comfortable and more tasty than this? Here's how to prepare it in the oven (and save a dinner)

You have already bought the first one pumpkin of the season? There are those who love making us velvety, soups and stews; those stuffed pasta and salads; those cakes and biscuits. Then, there are those who don't have much time to spend in the kitchen, but still want to bring a vegetable with them a good dish, tasty and at the same time fast. We suggest one to this category of pumpkin lovers baking sheet with lots of cheese, a second that is also a rich side dish, a dinner-saving recipe that can be prepared even in advance and that can be brought to work the next day (if any!).

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Autumn means comfort food

For this comfort food, warm and creamy, mouth-watering, you just need it very few ingredients: pumpkin, cheese, oil, salt and pepper. All the goodness of this recipe is in theencounter between the sweetness of the pumpkin and the flavor of the cheeses and in the soft and stringy consistency that you will get from cooking a good pumpkin and a mix of cheeses.
You can choose the pumpkin you prefer, we recommend the valance and you have two options: with peel or without peel. This depends on your tastes. If you decide to leave the skin, however, cut quite thin slices because in the oven it must become soft.
As for the cheeses, instead, you can use one of the kind fontina, which melts with heat; or opt for more varieties together like gorgonzola, parmesan, mozzarella, fontina and taleggio.

Baked cheese and pumpkin: the recipe

First peel the pumpkin and cut it into slices.
You can
place the slices in an oiled baking dish alternating them with layers of cheese, or you can mix everything together.
Add a thread of extra virgin olive oil and the herbs such as rosemary, sage, marjoram and thyme; a pinch of salt and pepper and cook at 230 ° for about 20 minutes.

Find out more tips for making this dish in the tutorial!

A Grana Padano cheese factory made of … Lego! – Italian Cuisine


Bricks, like the kitchen, are an ageless passion. For the little ones and for those who want to return as a child, an exhibition collects the constructions made with Legos, including the unusual Grana Padano cheese factory

Are Lego your passion and that of your children? Then this weekend there is an appointment for you not to be missed!
At the castle of Desenzano del Garda (BS), Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October, the event will be held Castle bricks, an event organized by the Cremona Bricks association and dedicated to constructions made with Legos.

The dairy reproduced with Lego

The surprise of this edition will be a dairy of Grana Padano made of bricks: to make it happen it took twelve months of planning and well sixteen thousand pieces of Lego. "This is a unique work in the universe of constructions with Lego ™ bricks that for decades have enthralled generations of aspiring builders and brought together whole families to create the most original works," he said. Stefano Berni, general director of the Grana Padano Consortium. "With this game without age we remind consumers how important it is for us to guarantee them good, safe and certified food, thanks to a chain characterized by constant controls and full traceability".
The Castle will be open for the event on Saturday from 9 to 21 is Sunday from 9 to 19. The event, at its fifth edition, is free.

Grana Padano

Our recipes with grain

If in the meantime, talking about grain, you got hungry, here are our ideas to taste this cheese in so many dishes.

Recipe Omelette and goat cheese millefeuille – Italian Cuisine

Recipe Omelette and goat cheese millefeuille


  • 250 g fresh goat cheese
  • 100 g rocket
  • 50 g shelled hemp seeds
  • 50 g mixed salad
  • 40 g grapeseed oil
  • 6 eggs
  • lemon
  • milk
  • vinegar
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • salt

For the recipe of the frittata and caprino millefoglie, wash the rocket and chop it, then whisk it with the eggs, a pinch of salt and 4 tablespoons of milk. Pour the mixture into a thin layer on a plate lined with baking paper, slightly greased with extra virgin olive oil, and bake at 160 ° C for about 15 minutes.

Work the goat cheese with the zest of half a lemon and a tablespoon of its juice. Emulsify 2 tablespoons of vinegar with grapeseed oil. Mix the hemp seeds with the mixture. Take the omelette out of the oven, cut it into rectangles (10 × 5 cm) and whip the millefeuille, filling each layer with goat's cheese and the mixture, and sprinkling with the emulsion.

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