Sami from Oregon wrote me a couch & (un)cooking request on couchsurfing.org some month ago. I gladly excepted and we finally ended up in my friend Ninas kitchen to prepare three raw dishes – each of them so delicious that my stomach makes noises just because I´m thinking of them.
Sami has been mostly raw for the last two and a half years so it was kind of difficult in the beginning to find american dishes you can do raw. But Sami was pretty creative and that´s how she explained to me our first dish – Raw Pumpkin Seed Paté Boats.
“The pumpkin/squash is a native plant to the Americas and boats are a big deal to Oregon since it’s on the Pacific Ocean. Plus I was taught a similar recipe by a vegan chef from the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) when I first went vegan.”
And that´s how you do it! 😉
Pumpkin Seed Paté Boats
- about 2 cups pumpkin seeds, soaked for an hour
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin or to taste
- about 1 cup fresh sage
- 1 cup fresh parsley
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 – 3 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- sea salt & pepper to taste
- water if needed
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper, cut into small pieces
- 1 carrot, grated
- some big leafes of napa cabbage
