Things to Make for a Halloween Dinner

I have to say I have started and continued my own Halloween dinner tradition - that is butternut squash soup, usually a salad with pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, goat cheese and a balsamic vinaigrette and then pumpkin ravioli with cream sauce and a balsamic glaze.  The pumpkin ravioli, however, need to be Papa Pasquale's - which are amazing.  I buy them at Esposito's Pork Store on Court Street in Brooklyn.

The immersion blender putting in work on the butternut squash soup

I forgot to take a picture at the beginning of the meal, but these are the pumpkin ravioli (while they are still around).  On the bottom left of the plate is a cauliflower puree I made, to add an extra vegetable.  I also added pancetta for extra flavor and crunch. 

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These are my much-toiled over pumpkin spice cakes, in the shape of jack-o-lanterns.  Next time, I'm going to do even better.  Not terrible though for my first attempt at a spherical cake!!!