Baked pumpkin with speck is a tasty and very easy side dish to make, and if you want, you can also serve it as a main course since it contains not only pumpkin but also speck and smoked cheese. The pumpkin with speck and smoked cheese is really good, the sweetness of the pumpkin perfectly matches the smoky flavor of the speck and smoked cheese. As an alternative to smoked cheese, you can use provolone or mozzarella. To prepare the baked pumpkin, I used the delica pumpkin, but you can also use the violin or other varieties you prefer. If you are looking for light but tasty pumpkin recipes, I recommend checking out 10 LIGHT PUMPKIN RECIPES and also the PUMPKIN RECIPES. Now let’s see how to make the baked pumpkin with speck, and if you try it, let me know. Barbara

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Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Cheap
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Autumn, Winter

Ingredients for preparing baked pumpkin with speck

1.76 lbs delica pumpkin
5.3 oz sliced speck
to taste extra virgin olive oil
to taste salt
sprigs rosemary
smoked cheese (or provolone or mozzarella)

How to prepare baked pumpkin with speck

Let’s start preparing the baked pumpkin with speck. Cut the pumpkin, remove the seeds and internal filaments, and also remove the peel.
Then cut it into pieces.
Line the baking tray with parchment paper and lightly oil it.
Take the pumpkin slices and wrap them with speck.
Gradually place them on the tray.
Add salt and oil so that the speck does not dry out too much.
Add sprigs of rosemary and bake in a preheated static oven at 356°F for 20 minutes.
Then take out the tray and place slices of smoked provolone, or alternatively smoked cheese or mozzarella, on top of the pumpkin.
Return to the oven for another 5 minutes until the cheese melts and becomes stringy. Serve the baked pumpkin with speck piping hot.