When it comes to Halloween, everyone probably thinks of impressive costumes and fun and interesting games. Especially the dishes are scary, unique but extremely delicious and attractive. In this article, Pasta Fresca Saigon will share with you how to prepare delicious and unique dishes on Halloween with extremely simple recipes that anyone can easily do.
What day is Halloween?
Halloween (full name is All Hallow's Evening, also known as the devil's festival) is a traditional holiday for Westerners. Today, this festival has been widely popular around the world and is enthusiastically accepted by people.
Halloween is usually celebrated on October 31 every year, to mark the end of the harvest season and welcome the cold winter. On this day, people will transform into spooky and strange characters such as vampires, witches, skeletons, etc. Then have fun together and enjoy parties with scary decorations.
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Suggested 5 scary but extremely delicious dishes for Halloween
Pumpkin soup
Prepare materials:
- Pumpkin: 1 small fruit
- Potatoes: 1 tuber
- Onion: 1 bulb
- Cream
- Spices: Salt, garlic, ginger, butter, pepper…
How to make Halloween pumpkin soup:
Step 1: Process materials
- Peel the pumpkin, wash it and cut it into small pieces
- Peel onions and potatoes and dice them
- Minced garlic and ginger
Step 2: Stir-fry ingredients
Put butter in the pan, heat until melted, then add chopped garlic and ginger and saute until fragrant. Next, add onions, potatoes, and pumpkin and stir-fry for about 1 minute.
Step 3: Cooking soup
Put the pot on the stove, add 400 - 500ml of water. Next, add potatoes, onions and pumpkin and cook until cooked, then turn off the heat.
Wait for the mixture until it cools, then put it in a blender. Then, pour the blended mixture into the pot and boil for 1-2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to suit family taste. Finally, add fresh cream to the pot, stir the mixture well and turn off the stove. So you have completed the delicious, fatty pumpkin soup for Halloween.
Step 4: Finished product
Ladle pumpkin soup into a bowl, sprinkle basil, cilantro and black pepper on top to make the dish look delicious and eye-catching. Additionally, you can use a pumpkin, gutted, to make a soup bowl. Surely the party table will become more lively and interesting.
Halloween candy apples
Prepare materials:
- Apples: 5 fruits
- Caramel candy: 1 pack
- Groundnuts (peanuts)
- Tools: bamboo sticks, pot, paper mold
How to make Halloween candy apples:
Step 1: Process materials
- Wash the apples, soak them in diluted salt water for about 5 - 10 minutes, then take them out and drain.
- Roast the peanuts, then peel and pound them.
Step 2: Candy processing
Insert the bamboo stick into the stem of the apple (Note: Insert it deep into the middle of the apple to make the candy stick more sturdy)
Put the caramel candy in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of water. Then, put the bowl of candy in a pot of water to boil until the candy rolls out. During the process of boiling the candy, stir the candy well so that the candy dissolves completely and does not burn.
Next, dip the apples into the candy pot and roll them over a bowl of peanuts. Finally, place the candy apple into the paper mold and put it in the refrigerator to let the caramel layer harden.
Step 3: Finished product
With just a few simple steps, you will have delicious apple candy to treat to your guests. Crispy, sweet-smelling apples combined with the bitter taste of caramel and the fatty taste of roasted peanuts. This is a delicious and attractive dish that both children and the elderly love.
Soul cake - An indispensable dish on Halloween
Prepare materials:
- Wheat flour: 450g
- Unsalted butter: 175g
- Sugar: 175g
- Raisins: 70g
- Unsweetened fresh milk: 100ml
- Egg yolks: 3 pieces
- Powdered sugar: 2 tablespoons
- Mixed spices: 2 teaspoons
How to make Halloween soul cake:
Step 1: Beat butter and eggs
Put butter and sugar in a bowl and use an electric mixer to mix well until you get a light yellow, spongy mixture. Next, add 3 egg yolks and continue to mix until combined.
Step 2: Mix the flour
Sift the flour into a bowl of butter, add 2 teaspoons of mixed spice and 100ml of unsweetened fresh milk, then use a spatula to mix the ingredients together. Then, put the mixture on the table and knead until it forms a uniform, smooth, flexible mass.
Step 3: Add raisins
Add raisins to the dough and knead until the raisins and flour blend together.
Step 4: Shaping
Use a rolling pin until the dough is about ⅓ of a small finger thick. Next, use a round mold to cut the dough into small pieces.
Step 5: Bake
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes. Then, arrange the cake on a tray with parchment paper, then use a knife to lightly score on the surface of the cake to form a cross. Bake the cake at 190 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes until the cake is golden brown.
Finally, take the cake out to cool and sprinkle a little powdered sugar on the surface.
Vampire cream
Prepare materials:
- Cream
- Blueberries: 100g
- Honey: 100ml
- Melted dark chocolate: 50ml
- Melted white chocolate: 20ml
- Food coloring
How to make Halloween vampire ice cream:
Step 1: Make cream filling
Put the blueberries, honey and 2 tablespoons of cream in a blender and blend until smooth.
Step 2: Rarefy
Mix melted white chocolate with 5g of blue coloring, then pour into ⅓ of the ice cream mold. Next, add the blueberry filling evenly over the mixture, then add the remaining chocolate mixture on top. Put the ice cream in the refrigerator for about 2 hours to let it solidify.
Step 3: Finished product
Put dark chocolate in a piping bag, then create vampire drawings on the ice cream sticks. Finally, put the ice cream in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to let the dark chocolate solidify.
Phantom strawberry
Prepare materials:
- Strawberries: 10 fruits
- Coconut oil: 1 teaspoon
- Melted white chocolate: 2 tablespoons
- Chocolate chips: 10g
- Boil black chocolate
How to make Halloween ghost strawberries:
Step 1: Chocolate processing
- Melt white chocolate and mix with coconut oil.
- Melt dark chocolate to decorate.
Step 2: Shaping
Dip the strawberries into the white chocolate mixture so that the chocolate layer completely covers the strawberries. Attach chocolate chips to create two eyes for the ghost. Next, put dark chocolate in a piping bag to draw a mouth for the ghost. Then, put the strawberries in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to let the chocolate layer completely solidify.
Step 3: Finished product
So you've finished your spooky strawberry dish for Halloween. Sour strawberries combined with the sweetness of chocolate will create an explosive flavor in your mouth when enjoying.
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Above are extremely easy to make Halloween dishes that Pasta Fresca Saigon wants to share with you. Save the recipe for these 5 dishes now so that next Halloween season you can show off your talents for your family and friends to enjoy!
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