Tikvenik

Ingredients

• 400 g filo pastry sheets
• 800 g pumpkin, grated
• 150 g walnuts, chopped
• 150 g sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 120 g butter, melted
• 2 tbsp icing sugar, to dust

Steps

1. 1
   Heat the oven to 180C.
2. 2
   Squeeze the grated pumpkin firmly in a clean cloth to drive out the water — wet filling makes soggy filo.
3. 3
   Mix the pumpkin with the sugar, walnuts and cinnamon.
4. 4
   Brush a filo sheet with melted butter, lay a second on top and butter it too. Spread a line of filling along one long edge.
5. 5
   Roll into a rope and coil into a buttered round tin. Repeat with the remaining sheets.
6. 6
   Brush the top with the last of the butter and bake 40 minutes until golden.
7. 7
   Cool completely, then dust heavily with icing sugar before cutting.