Holiday menus

Halloween 2026

An autumn supper of pumpkin: soup, bučnica strudel, toffee apples and roast chestnuts.

Saturday, October 31, 2026

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Menu

Swap any dish for another traditional one or one of our recipes.

Halloween supper

Saturday, October 31

  • Soup · Traditional

    Pumpkin soup

    A smooth soup of roast pumpkin with onion and a little cream.

    60 min

  • Main course · Traditional

    Bučnica (pumpkin and cheese strudel)

    A Zagorje strudel of grated pumpkin and fresh cheese, baked with cream.

    90 min

  • Dessert · Traditional

    Toffee apples

    Apples on a stick dipped in caramel, with walnuts.

    30 min

Cooking plan

What to make on which day, so the holiday itself is only warming up and serving.

  1. On the day · Saturday, October 31

    • Pumpkin soup · Halloween supper

      Roast the pumpkin, simmer it with onion and potato, blend and stir in the cream.

    • Bučnica (pumpkin and cheese strudel) · Halloween supper

      Grate and salt the pumpkin, squeeze it, mix with the cheese and eggs, roll in the pastry and bake 45 minutes.

    • Toffee apples · Halloween supper

      Melt the sugar with a little butter until golden, dip the apples and leave them to set.

Questions

What to cook for a Halloween party?
Everything pumpkin, at the height of its season: a smooth soup, bučnica or roast pumpkin, and toffee apples and roast chestnuts for something sweet.
How much pumpkin do I need?
For the soup and the strudel, about 450 g of pumpkin per person; a 1.5 kg hokkaido is enough for three.
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