Backed Autumn Vegetable Salad with Cavolo Nero

Starting the dark and cold season with a hearty warm meal. A great recipe not only for Halloween :)

A graveyard is shown in moonlight. Figures made out of vegetables are raising out of their graves. Turnip, kale, onion and pumpkin.

Figures made out of vegetables are dancing around a pumpkin with cut out face and a fire burning within. Kale, turnip and onion.

A figure made out of spring onion and yellow onion is shown in front of a lit pumpkin with carved out face.

A figure made out of a turnip with a hat made out of leaves is shown in front of a lit pumpkin with carved out face.

A figure made out of kale is shown in front of a lit pumpkin with carved out face.

A smiling ghost is seen sitting by a table. A plate filled with autumn salad with cavolo nero is set and the moon is shining through a window.

A plate of backed autumn salad with cavolo nero is set on a wooden table with a cut apple in the background.

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Starting the dark and cold season with a hearty warm meal. A great recipe not only for Halloween :)

Level: Easy

Prep Time: 15min

Cook Time: 45min

Portions: 4

Ingredients

1 small Hokkaido pumpkin
1 Turnip
1 Yellow onion
1 Spring onion (optional)
1 cup Spelt (soaked overnight )
1 cup torn leaves Cavolo Nero or Kale
1-2 sticks Rosemary
Salt and pepper
Olive oil

Preparation

Chop the onions, turnip and pumpkin into even squares. Cut the rosemary finely and tear the cavolo nero leaves in small pieces.

Instructions

Rinse the soaked spelt and boil it in salted water for about 20 minutes.
Mix the chopped turnips and pumpkin with a bit of olive oil and chopped rosemary.
Spread the mixture on parchment paper and bake at 175°C for about 15 minutes.
Take it out of the oven and add onions, cavolo nero and spelt.
Mix it all with a bit of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Bake for another 10-15 minutes until golden.

Notes

You can use any kind of pumpkin and instead of spelt you can use also buckwheat. Actually you can use any root vegetable but don`t forget to adjust the baking time.