Traditional Czech fare

Having S over always means an unique culinary experience besides enjoying long conversations. Since I loved the Czech dumplings so much last time we decided to get together and cook some authentic Czech food again. S is a great cook and all her tips and tricks on different aspects of cooking were invaluable. This time around we made potato dumplings, sauerkraut and a roasted chicken. The filling used for the chicken was completely made from scratch. S also made a biscuit cake with a raspberry cream filling which was delicious. Little bunny helped us around in the kitchen. I am definitely becoming a huge fan of traditional Czech fare.

For the love of pumpkins

Little rabbit turned 6 months old last week and I slowly have got her started on eating solid foods now. One of her fav foods at the moment is mashed pumpkins. So pumpkins seem to be around most of the time at home. Seeing so many pumpkin pies being baked over Thanksgiving thought I would try it out myself.

With my little bunny to help me out in measuring all the ingredients it was fun to make it.

Puree one roasted pumpkin.

Roll out the pie crust.

Line the pan with the pie crust.

Cut out the extra edges of the dough.

Make a lot of holes on the surface so that it does not rise.

Blind bake the pie for 10 minutes.

Pour in the mashed pumpkin mixed with spices.

I also used some powdered ginger in the mixture.

All ready to be baked for an hour.

All of us enjoyed the pie and I took some over to S's for lunch as well.