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Soupe de citrouille d’Halloween décorée en toile d’araignée avec crème, servie avec tranches de pain grillé et persil frais

20 EASY AND QUICK HALLOWEEN RECIPES

To impress without stress: 20 simple and quick recipes to make without fear!

These quick and easy Halloween recipes are worth noting right away if you want to throw a party without spending hours in the kitchen. We have selected for you perfect recipes for a themed dinner, simple and quick to prepare: in short, to do without fear!

We obviously used the pumpkin, but also the black cabbage, there beet, raw meat and cocoa, to evoke the colors ofHalloween right down to the plates.

Quick and easy Halloween recipes: starters

In 15 minutes, prepare a beetroot and yogurt sauce, perfect to spread on cereal bread, or crostoni with black cabbage, pecorino and guanciale. If you have a little more than half an hour, also try the pumpkin, potato and onion pie or the potato and pancetta rolls : the preparation is simple and quick, the rest is done in the oven or in a pan.

Quick and easy Halloween recipes: the main dishes

The Halloween pumpkin is also the star of the main dishes: we have selected those that can be made in 15 to 50 minutes. The fastest? This Pumpkin and Sausage Risotto, ready in a pressure cooker, the celentani with pumpkin cream (between creamy pastry and soup), or penne with pumpkin and gorgonzola. With a little more time, try this delicious pumpkin cream with croutons and gorgonzola or, to change the pumpkin, the black cabbage soup with melted cheese.

Quick and easy Halloween recipes: second courses

For a quick dish to serve at Halloween, try this pumpkin, mozzarella and mushroom “pizza” or the beet tartare with herbs and sprouts for a vegetarian option. As for meat, try it abruzzane tartare or the black cabbage rolls with chestnuts and pancetta. As an accompaniment, fried autumn with pumpkin and chestnuts.

Quick and easy Halloween recipes: desserts and drinks

With a menu so quick to prepare, there is still time for an easy and delicious dessert like the caramelized apples or the cocoa and ricotta pancakes. Also try pumpkin sweets: filo pastry, pumpkin and almond strudel, there pumpkin soup with cocoa and walnuts or the pumpkin, spice and chestnut crème brûlée. And to conclude, a “horrible” cocktail: whisky, pear and beetroot.

Text translated and adapted from La Cucina Italiana (Chiara Cadeddu, October 28, 2025)

Original article published on La Cucina Italiana

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