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Crispy toasts with pumpkin, blueberries and toasted seeds
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Prep time: 15 min
- Cook time: 20 min
- Serving: 4
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PRESENTATION
Crispy Toasts with Pumpkin, Blueberries, and Toasted Seeds come from "Il piatto bilanciato," a recurring segment where nutritionist Laura Crugnola shows how a genuinely balanced meal can come together with very little. An oat crisp base gets spread with a velvety squash and fresh cheese cream, then topped with blueberries for a slightly tart lift, toasted pumpkin seeds for crunch, and delicate pea shoots.
Colorful, built on real contrasts, and complete enough to count as a proper meal rather than a snack. Each component does something distinct: the squash cream anchors the pumpkin toast, the blueberries cut through the richness, the seeds add texture, and the pea shoots keep it light. Crugnola's point is that choosing and pairing a few ingredients with care is enough to put something nutritious on the table on a busy day.
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- INGREDIENTS
- Crispy slices 12 - with rolled oats
- Delica pumpkin 1.8 lbs (800 g) - to be cleaned
- Cream cheese 3.5 oz (100 g)
- Blueberries 0.7 cup (100 g)
- Extra virgin olive oil 3 tbsp (40 g)
- Pumpkin seeds 1.5 oz (40 g) - toasted
- Pea sprouts to taste
- Fine salt to taste
Preparation
How to prepare Crispy toasts with pumpkin, blueberries and toasted seeds
To prepare the crispy toasts with pumpkin, blueberries and toasted seeds, start by cleaning the pumpkin: remove the skin with a sharp knife 1. Cut it in half, remove the seeds and inner fibers with a spoon 2, then cut the flesh first into slices and then into pieces of fairly regular size so they cook evenly 3.
Transfer the pumpkin to a baking tray, spread it out without overlapping the pieces too much and season with a drizzle of oil and a pinch of salt 4. Bake in a preheated conventional oven at 356°F for about 20 minutes, or until the pumpkin is soft and lightly golden 5. Put the cooked pumpkin in a jug and add a splash of water 6.
Add the spreadable cheese as well 7 and blend with an immersion blender until smooth and homogeneous 8. Arrange the crispy toasts on the plate and spread the pumpkin cream over them, covering the whole surface 9.
Add the blueberries 10 and the toasted pumpkin seeds 11, then garnish with a few pea shoots. Serve the crispy toasts with pumpkin, blueberries and toasted seeds immediately 12!
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