marinated pumpkin with lamb's lettuce* and parma ham (serves 4)
400 g pumpkin
salt, white pepper
1 tablespoon sugar
4 tablespoons frying oil
6 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons walnut oil
40 g pumpkin seeds
4 tablespoons pumpkin seed oil
65 g lamb's lettuce * {Deu. = Feldsalat} ( if lamb's lettuce is not available, you can use oak leaf,
chicory or iceberg lettuce)
1.
Cut the pumpkin into 8 wedges and peel. Season the wedges with salt, pepper and sugar.
2.
Fry the wedges in the oil over moderate heat on each side for 3 or 4 minutes. Add 4 tablespoons
vinegar and stir well. Then add the walnut oil and 3 tablespoons water. Season again if
necessary with salt and pepper and remove from the heat.
3.
Roast the pumpkin seeds in 1 tbl pumpkin seed oil and season with salt.
4.
Mix the remaining pumpkin seed oil and vinegar with 3 tbl water, salt and pepper and toss in the
lettuce.
5.
Arrange lettuce, pumpkin wedges, and ham on the plates and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds
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