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Învârtită – pumpkin spiral pie
Thin homemade pastry rolled around sweet pumpkin filling and baked in a spiral. Serves 8.
100 minutesIntermediate
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Ingredients
- 400 g plain flour
- 2 dl lukewarm water
- 3 tbsp oil for dough
- ½ tsp salt
- 700 g peeled grated pumpkin
- 90 g sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 60 g melted butter
- icing sugar to serve
Method
- 1Knead flour, water, oil and salt into elastic dough. Cover and rest for 30 minutes.
- 2Cook pumpkin in 20 g butter for 10 minutes to remove excess moisture. Mix in sugar and cinnamon and cool.
- 3Divide dough into four. Roll and stretch each very thin on a floured cloth, brush with butter, add filling and carefully roll using the cloth.
- 4Arrange rolls in a spiral in a greased 28 cm tin, brush with remaining butter and bake at 190°C for 35–40 minutes until golden and cooked through.
- 5Cool slightly and dust with icing sugar.



