Pumpkin Pie (Tikvenik)

Ingredients:

1 pumpkin – 2 kg, peeled and seeded
1 coffee cup of walnuts roughly chopped
1 package phyllo pastry
250 gr. sugar
100 gr. powdered sugar
1 coffee cup of sunflower seed oil

Method:

Grate the pumpkin and sauté it with some water and oil at low heat stirring it from time to time. When it softens and changes its colour, add the sugar and stir again. Remove it from the pan and let it cool down for 10 min. Take two sheets of phyllo pastry, spoon some of the pumpkin mixture over the top one, sprinkle with some walnuts and roll. Lay the roll in a greased baking tin. Repeat with the rest of the pastry. Sprinkle the rolls with oil and pour one or two tablespoons of hot water between them. Bake at 200 degrees C above and below. When it browns well, take it out, spray with some cold water and wrap the tin with a cloth. Allow to cool down and serve sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Bon appetit!