Give Away : Two Dairy Diary Sets

Halloween pumpkin heads, once again creep behind our curtains to sit on our windowsills grinning manically at neighbours and strangers passing by, while their good friends get roasted in the Kitchen.  
      

 So do I. I mean I am currently getting roasted, baking gloriously under the Albanian sunshine. While I am doing so, I was offered a lovely give-away for two Pebble Soup's readers. Not one but two Dairy Diary Sets normally £8.99 including :

• Dairy Diary with events stickers
• Page markers in five colours
• Sticky notes
• Notepad
• Designer pen
• Pocket Dairy Diary

if Halloween gives you the creepies think idea for Christmas stocking filler!

There are two ways of winning a Dairy Diary set.

method one : leave a comment telling us what you intend to cook for Halloween

method two: Tweet this give-away and leave a comment to let me know that you have done so.

This competition is open to UK and Irish residents only, it will close on the 3rd of November at midnight. 

The lucky winners were picked by the randomiser they are
Janesgrapevine and susiemcd1

In the meantime and before going back to my holidays, I leave you with a recipe from the Dairy Diary set

Pumpkin Gratin 

Serves 4 / Time 50 mins / Calories 334 per portion / fat 24g of which 9.5g is saturated

 Ingredients

Pumpkin 1.8kg (4lb), peeled and de-seeded

Parmesan Cheese 50g (2oz), grated

Fresh breadcrumbs 50g (2oz)

Pecan nuts 50g (2oz), roughly chopped

Chopped Thyme leaves 2 tbsp
Butter 50g (2oz), melted

Method

1 Preheat oven to 200°C /400°F/Gas 6. Cut pumpkin into 2.5cm (1in) thick wedges. Place in a lightly buttered oven-proof dish. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. 
2 Mix together Parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, pecans, thyme and seasoning in a bowl.

3 Sprinkle evenly over pumpkin. Then drizzle over melted butter.

4 Bake in oven for 30-40 minutes, until pumpkin is tender and topping is golden. Serve immediately. 
TIP Rather than Parmesan cheese crumble over some strong blue cheese – if you prefer.

If you like the sound of these recipes and want to see more enter the give-away, good luck.