Baked potatoes with pumpkin, onions and cheese

This dish will perfectly fit into your everyday menu, and the bright sweetish pumpkin will make the baked potatoes with onions much more interesting and nutritious. Before baking, leave the pumpkin and potatoes for 10-15 minutes in a mixture of butter and vegetable oils, garlic, Provencal herbs and grated cheese, so the vegetables will be more aromatic.

Ingredients

• Potatoes - 300 g
• Pumpkin - 250 g
• Onions - 150 g
• Hard cheese - 70 g
• Vegetable oil - 2-3 tbsp. spoons
• Butter - 50 g
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Dried Provencal herbs - 1-1.5 tsp
• Salt - 0.5 tsp (to taste)
• Ground black pepper - a pinch (to taste)
• Fresh parsley (for serving) - 2 sprigs

Directions

1. Prepare all ingredients.
2. It is better to take a pumpkin of an oblong shape, without an inner part with seeds, it is convenient to cut it into circles.
3. Take butter at room temperature.
4. Peel the pumpkin from the hard skin, rinse and cut into slices or semicircles, if the vegetable is large.
5. Peel the potatoes, rinse and cut into thin slices.
6. Make a flavorful sauce. Melt the butter in any way (in the microwave, in a water bath or over a stove burner). In a bowl, combine the butter and vegetable oil. Add Provencal herbs, salt, black pepper to the butter and squeeze out the peeled garlic. Mix everything.
7. Grate the cheese on a fine grater. Set 1/3 of the cheese aside. Add the remaining cheese to the sauce and mix well.
8. Combine potatoes, pumpkin, and sauce in a food bag or bowl. Tie (close) the bag, stir and leave to marinate for 10-15 minutes.
9. Turn on the oven to preheat to 180 degrees.
10. Peel the onion, rinse and cut into thin slices.
11. In a baking dish, place randomly potatoes and pumpkin along with the sauce, alternating with slices of onions. Spread the remaining sauce evenly over the top.
12. My shape is ceramic, oval, 27 cm long. Send the vegetables to bake in the oven at 180 degrees.
13. Bake the pumpkin and potatoes for 40-45 minutes, until tender.
14. Then take out the mold, sprinkle the vegetables with the remaining cheese and return to the oven for another 3-4 minutes to melt the cheese.
15. Baked potatoes with pumpkin, onions and cheese are ready.
16. Sprinkle the finished dish with finely chopped parsley if desired and serve.
17. Bon Appetit!