Tikvenik – pumpkin filo pie

Ingredients

• 400 g filo pastry
• 800 g peeled grated pumpkin
• 100 g sugar
• 100 g chopped walnuts
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 100 g melted butter
• icing sugar to serve

Method

1. 1Cook pumpkin in 20 g butter for 10 minutes to evaporate excess moisture. Mix with sugar, walnuts and cinnamon and cool.
2. 2Brush two filo sheets with butter, add a strip of filling along one edge and roll up. Repeat.
3. 3Arrange rolls in a spiral in a greased 28 cm tin. Brush with remaining butter and bake at 180°C for 35–40 minutes until crisp and golden.
4. 4Cool slightly and dust with icing sugar.