Baking a pumpkin is a simple task, but preparing for this process has many nuances. Beautiful pumpkins have a tough skin that requires a lot of effort to cut through. You will need sharpened knife with a wide and heavy blade , professionals respectfully call such a knife a chef’s knife. Resist the temptation to grab a serrated knife; it will get stuck in the crust and you could get hurt when pulling it out.
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Preparing for baking
Place the pumpkin on a non-slip kitchen surface. You can place a silicone mat or towel under the vegetable. Start the cut near the stem and move the knife down, applying gentle pressure . If you cannot divide the fruit in one go, make several successive cuts. If you are going to bake a pumpkin with filling, choose a fruit no larger than medium and cut off the top of it with a “lid”. Small pumpkins tend to have more pulp and fewer seeds, while larger ones not only have less pulp, but it is also watery.
Remove seeds from pumpkin. Any large spoon with pointed edges or a special ice cream scoop will work for this. The seeds can be washed, dried and baked with butter and spices . They can be a good snack, an excellent ingredient for salads, an excellent addition to baked goods and a decoration for creamy soups.
The pumpkin can be baked whole, with or without filling, sliced or peeled and cut into pieces. It should be borne in mind that it is very easy to remove the peel from a baked pumpkin, which cannot be said about a raw one. To peel the vegetable before baking, cut it into slices with a chef's knife. , cut each slice into pieces and only then remove the skin from each piece using a sharp fruit knife.
How to bake pumpkin:
To bake pumpkin, preheat the oven to 200°C. Line a baking sheet with foil or baking parchment.
Bake the pumpkin halves with the vegetable cut side down. The pumpkin will be ready in 60-90 minutes, depending on the size.
Remove the finished fruit from the oven, sprinkle with good vegetable oil and let the pulp cool for 10 minutes.
Then remove the skin. Now it will come off almost effortlessly. This pumpkin is suitable for soups, risotto, casseroles, for filling pies and for making puree, which you can put in jars and store in the freezer.
In order to bake stuffed pumpkin, Place the vegetable cut side up on a baking sheet. Bake the vegetable for about 60 minutes without filling, then stuff it and bake for about 40 minutes more, unless the recipe calls for a different time.
Pumpkin cut into slices or pieces can be served for dessert or as a side dish.
How to bake pumpkin for dessert and side dish:
Place the slices on a baking sheet and, using a silicone brush, brush with vegetable oil and sprinkle with spices.
For snack pumpkin, thyme, nutmeg, sage, cumin, cinnamon and cardamom are suitable. Bake for about 20 minutes, turn the slices over, brush and season again, and bake until done.
Place the pumpkin pieces in a bowl with the oil and spices and shake them several times until they are completely coated with the mixture.
Place in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for about 40 minutes. You can serve this pumpkin as a side dish with meat, poultry and fish, or you can also use it as the pulp of a vegetable baked in halves.
So summer has passed - as one of the popular songs says. The days are getting shorter and the thermometer is dropping lower. And no matter how much we would like to extend this favorite time of year, it won’t work!
And, it would seem, all the garden joys and garden delicacies are already over, all that remains is to drink tea with prepared jams. But no! Just now the queen of melons and melons, the golden pumpkin, is filling with juice.
Not only does it contain a fantastic list of vitamins and microelements, but this vegetable can also be used in a wide variety of dishes! Boil, stew, bake, fry, with meat, with vegetables, on its own - it’s all about her, about the red-haired autumn queen!
This recipe can hardly be called a classic, but it can undoubtedly become the main dish on a festive autumn table or win the title of a favorite treat for the whole family.
The dish turns out very satisfying, beautiful and juicy! This is achieved by cooking in a pumpkin, like in a pot. Don’t worry, the peel of any of them can withstand such loads both in weight and temperature. So, here's the recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 large or 2 small pumpkins
- Beef 500 gr
- Potatoes 4 - 5 pcs.
- Tomatoes 4 pcs
- Bell pepper 1 piece
- Carrot 1 piece
- Garlic 1 head
- Salt pepper
- Greenery
Preparation:
1. First we need to prepare our edible bowl. Wash the vegetable, cut off the top and clean out all the insides. You can take one large “beauty”, or two small ones. In this case, you can serve them in portions.
2. Cut the meat into medium cubes and place in a hot frying pan. Fry until half cooked until a nice golden color appears.
3. Finely chop the onion and add to the meat. Send chopped garlic there. Next - finely diced tomato and bell pepper.
And also cut carrots into slices and add to vegetables and meat.
4. The meat mixture with vegetables must be simmered until fully cooked. Finally, add salt and seasonings if desired. A special seasoning “for meat” is best suited here, but if you don’t have it, then black pepper, turmeric, coriander, oregano or basil are perfect. These seasonings perfectly highlight the taste of red meat.
5. Now comes the fun part. We need to “collect” our pumpkin. At the bottom you need to put half of the prepared meat mixture with vegetables, followed by raw potatoes, pre-cut into cubes. Sprinkle herbs over potatoes.
There is a way in which potatoes can be stewed until tender with vegetables. And then just put everything together in our makeshift bowl.
6. Next is a layer of garlic. If you don't like its scent, you don't have to add it, of course. But don't forget that stewed and fried garlic have completely different tastes. It also goes very well with meat. Place the remaining meat and vegetables on top of the garlic.
7. All filling should be salted, pepper added and filled with hot boiled water. You need to pour it to the brim so that all the filling is below the pumpkin waterline.
8. Close the filled bowl with a lid and wrap it in foil.
9. Place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 1.5-2 hours. The larger the “red beauty”, the more time it takes to bake.
You can check readiness by piercing the skin with a toothpick. If it passes quite easily, it means that it itself is ready, and what is inside it is also ready.
10. When everything is ready, carefully remove the foil so as not to get burned.
Garnish with a sprig of thyme and serve.
Eat hot, not only the contents, but also the “bowl” itself. Everything together turns out incredibly delicious!
So eat with pleasure!
Pumpkin cutlets with minced chicken in the oven, stuffed with tomatoes
It has the perfect ratio of meat and vegetables. This recipe is also good for children. Why? Because, as you know, they don’t really like melons.
But in this cooking method, the vegetable literally dissolves, making the chicken juicy and flavorful.
Ingredients:
- Chicken breast 700 gr
- Pumpkin 200 gr
- Onion 1 piece
- Small tomatoes 12 pcs
- Salt, pepper to taste
- Breadcrumbs
Preparation:
1. First you need to prepare minced meat from the available meat. To do this, you need to pass the deboned chicken breast through a meat grinder. To prevent the dish from becoming too greasy, it is better to remove the skin as well.
Onions should also be sent there. It should be borne in mind that when you grind them together, the onion as such disappears from the dish, giving all the variety of flavors to the meat.
Therefore, some, in order to avoid bitterness, cut it separately and add it to the minced meat in the form of small cubes.
But for me personally, it’s much easier to leave this job to kitchen assistants.
2. Grate the pumpkin on a fine grater. Here again, there is an option - grind it in a combine. But then, on the contrary, it will be less juicy. And if you grind it into porridge, it will not be felt at all in the finished dish.
It's like with potato pancakes. You can do it this way or that, but the result will be different.
3. Mix all ingredients, add salt and pepper to taste.
4. The time has come to form the cutlets. We use a muffin pan. It is ideal in this case because it does not allow the meat juice to spread over the surface. And this makes it possible to get a more juicy finished dish.
But if you don’t have one, you can also use a baking sheet.
5. Grease a baking sheet or mold with vegetable oil, form cutlets, roll the bottoms in breadcrumbs and place in the recess.
Make a small hole for the filling.
It is not necessary to use crackers. Although recommended, they serve not only to create a crispy crust, but also retain the juiciness of the finished dish!
6. After all the cutlets are laid out, you can put the tomatoes inside. If these are cherry tomatoes, then you can place them completely inside each cutlet.
If you have large tomatoes, you can divide them into slices and plant them inside, covering them on top. Instead of tomatoes, you can use pieces of cheese, mushrooms or any other filling that you consider appropriate in this case.
7. Grease the top of each cutlet with sour cream or mayonnaise.
And then sprinkle with breadcrumbs or grated cheese.
8. Place in the oven for 30-40 minutes at 200 degrees. The results are very tasty, original, hearty cutlets. Be sure to try making them!
They are beautiful not only externally, but also internally. Imagine cutting into such a delicious cutlet and finding a surprise inside.
They can be served as an independent dish, or as a main meat dish, or with any side dish.
Honey pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven
Do you think that pumpkin is a must-have second course? Not at all! Because it is sweet and crunchy, it can easily be used as a dessert. You just need to know how to prepare it so that you can eat it with tea and treat your children.
And here is one of such delicious recipes, where the ingredients include nuts and honey that are loved by many.
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin 1 piece
- Liquid honey 10 tbsp. spoons
- Cinnamon sticks
- Walnuts - 100 gr.
Preparation:
1. Wash and peel the red vegetable. This is easily done with a special potato peeler if the peel is soft. If it is hard, then a simple knife will come to the rescue.
Then each half is divided into another half, and then into layers, which, in turn, need to be cut into half again. The result should be not quite cubes, but not very even rectangles.
2. Grind the nuts with a masher to prepare mashed potatoes, and set aside for now.
3. Pour water into a saucepan and put on fire, wait until it boils.
4. Place honey in a smaller saucepan, place a cinnamon stick there and place it on the larger one. Thus, we have a steam bath for melting the honey.
Let the cinnamon cook in the honey so that it releases all its flavor and aroma. If you can't find sticks, you can also use ground cinnamon. It will be felt in the finished dish, but not so much as to refuse it altogether.
5. Place the pieces of cut fruit on a baking sheet or frying pan. It is not necessary to lubricate it first.
6. Using a brush, coat each piece with honey and cinnamon sauce. If there is any honey left, you can simply pour it into the mold and mix everything well.
7. Heat the oven to 200 degrees and send our dessert there. Wait half an hour.
It is important not to overcook the yummy so that it does not become dry. You can easily check readiness by piercing the largest piece with a toothpick.
If any of the pieces remain unsteamed, you can turn them over and continue baking.
8. Place the finished pieces on a plate and sprinkle with nuts.
Serve as a dessert for tea, either hot or cold. It will be delicious in any case.
Sweet stuffed pumpkin
Stuffed pumpkin is a great option for a quick dinner. And it’s not worth talking about how tasty and healthy it turns out. In the following recipe, we suggest you prepare a complete lunch or dinner by stuffing it with rice.
The dish turns out sweet, but very satisfying.
For this we need:
- Pumpkin 1 piece
- Rice 400 gr
- Banana 2 pcs
- Apple 1 piece
- Dried apricots 4-5 pcs.
- Handful of raisins
- Powdered milk 100 gr
- Sugar or sweetener 2 tbsp. spoons
- Vanilla
Preparation:
1. Rinse the rice, add water and place in a saucepan on the fire. Cook until half cooked. Drain the water and place the cooked rice in a large bowl.
2. Cut the apple into small pieces. To clean it or not - decide for yourself. If you peel it, it may become mushy and become part of the porridge. Therefore, it is better to leave the fruit with the peel. Place the pieces over the rice.
3. Also cut the bananas into pieces, about the same size as the apples, and add to the bowl.
4. Send raisins and finely chopped dried apricots there.
5. Also place the bulk ingredients in the bowl with the rice. Mix the entire mass thoroughly but gently until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
6. Wash the pumpkin, cut off the lid and remove seeds and pulp through the resulting hole. For convenience, you can use a spoon for this.
7. Place the resulting rice mass inside the resulting bowl and close with a lid. There should be just enough mixture to fill it right to the top.
Bake at 200 degrees for about two hours.
You can check readiness by lifting the improvised lid and piercing the flesh of the fruit where the wall is.
The dish turns out to be very satisfying and low in calories. Suitable for those losing weight, for diabetics, for vegetarians or just for those who like variety!
Recipe for making pumpkin porridge with milk in the oven
You may ask - why cook porridge in the oven? If you are asking this question, it means you simply have not tried this dish. It turns out amazingly soft, juicy, melting in your mouth.
Children will definitely like this porridge and will be a wonderful breakfast for the whole family.
Ingredients:
- Round rice 3/4 cups
- Milk 500 ml
- Pumpkin 300 gr
- Butter 50 g
- Sugar 1 tbsp. spoon
- Salt 1 pinch
Preparation:
1. First you need to boil our red vegetable. To do this, you need to peel it, cut it into small cubes and place it in a saucepan and put it on the fire. There is no need to add salt or sugar in this version.
And also immediately prepare everything you need for cooking.
2. When the golden vegetable becomes soft, it should be cooled slightly and chopped. This can be done with a knife, finely chopping. One option is to grate it on a coarse grater.
You can also use a blender. But then make sure that the pulp does not turn into porridge; small pieces must remain.
3. Rinse the rice. We chose the round variety, because it is from this that the porridges are made better, they turn out viscous and boil well. Long grain is better for crumbly dishes like pilaf.
4. Mix all ingredients in a fireproof bowl, kettle or pot. Add salt and sugar.
5. Boil the milk and pour it into the future porridge. Place a piece of butter on top.
6. Place the porridge in an oven preheated to 150 degrees without a lid for 15 minutes. Make sure that the milk does not escape!
7. After 15 minutes, close the dish with a lid and leave it to simmer in the oven, let it sit for another 15 - 20 minutes. Then turn off the oven and let the porridge “cook” on its own.
The porridge turns out simply great. It is tasty, aromatic and very crumbly, while looking appetizing and very positive. That is, we can say with confidence that it has all the best for dishes of this category.
Pumpkin casserole with raisins and dates in sweet yogurt filling
We bring to your attention another option for a sweet dish, which can become either a dessert, a snack, or breakfast for children and adults. Casserole with raisins and dates in filling can become your favorite recipe if you appreciate its lightness and juiciness!
This is also a very beautiful and tasty dish, which is equally pleasant to cook and eat.
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin 700 gr
- Cottage cheese 150 gr
- Dates\prunes 30 gr
- Raisins 50 gr
- Egg 2 pcs
- Sugar 50 gr
- Cream 33%\sour cream 100 ml
- Yogurt 200 ml
- Cinnamon 0.5 teaspoon
Preparation:
1. Peel the pumpkin and cut into thin slices across the slices.
Place in a saucepan, add water and put on fire. Cook for 7-8 minutes after boiling, until half cooked.
Then put it on a sieve and let the water drain.
2. Pour hot water over the raisins so that they swell and become juicy and soft. Leave it in this position for 15 - 20 minutes. However, make sure that it begins to fall apart. The fruits must remain intact and unharmed.
3. Rinse the dates with cold water, remove the seeds and chop finely.
Dates in this version of the recipe are an excellent substitute for prunes, or you can use some fresh fruits that are in season.
Do the same with additional fruit, rinse and cut into small pieces.
If you like fruit fillings, you can use corresponding yoghurts. But a simple version without additional flavors is also perfect here.
5. Grease a baking dish with butter and place chopped pieces of vegetables on it. Next, crumble the cottage cheese and half the dried fruits - raisins and dates.
6. Place the remaining vegetable pieces and dried fruits.
Finally, pour in the yogurt mixture until it fills the entire space evenly.
And put in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees.
7. After 40 minutes, enjoy the delicious casserole and the aromas of cinnamon and all other ingredients!
You can serve it either in a baking dish, so that everyone can admire the resulting beauty before starting the meal, or you can place portions on plates for everyone.
The dish turns out tasty, light and pleasant in taste.
Pumpkin in the oven with prunes and cottage cheese - a recipe for weight loss
If you think that those who don’t eat lose weight, then you are very mistaken. Everyone needs to eat, and for those losing weight, it’s especially tasty and healthy! In this case, our heroine today will serve you as a good option for preparing lunch. This recipe contains a minimum of calories, but a lot of vitamins and microelements that are beneficial for the body.
After such a snack you will feel a surge of strength, lightness and satiety. Try it!
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin 1 piece
- Plums or sloes 100 gr
- Cottage cheese 150 gr
Preparation:
1. Wash the red vegetable and cut it in half. Clear it of seeds and pulp. Cut each half into 3 more pieces lengthwise to make boats.
2. Make cuts in each boat with a knife so that the pulp can absorb the juice of all the products lying on it. The cuts can be made in any order, without particularly measuring the distance. Everything will be covered with filling and nothing will be visible.
3. Place cottage cheese on top of each piece and compact it well so that it does not fall out or “run away” during baking.
If you like it sweeter, you can sprinkle it on top. But today we have a light low-calorie dish, so we won’t add it.
4. Wash the plums, cut each fruit into 6-8 parts, remove the pit.
5. Place a layer of chopped plums on top of the cottage cheese. Depending on the size of the boat, it depends on how many layers of fruit and cottage cheese you put. In addition to plums, you can use apples, raspberries, and other berries that you have preserved until September.
6. Place in the oven, preheated to 150 degrees for about 1.5-2 hours, depending on the size of the pieces. Readiness can be determined by piercing the flesh of the fruit with a toothpick.
7. You can serve it as it was baked, in a makeshift bowl. Or you can cut it into pieces and serve it in a more convenient form for eating.
Lose weight deliciously!
Video on how to bake pumpkin pieces with sugar in the oven
This is an incredibly simple and quick recipe that you can use to make a delicious sweet dessert. This is how my mother prepares this dish. Sometimes she uses sugar, and sometimes she uses honey in the same version.
It turns out delicious either way.
If you've never baked pumpkin pieces like this, be sure to try it. It is delicious!
And also try to cook it using other recipes offered today. All of them are proven and also worthy of close attention.
And in general, prepare this tasty, beautiful and healthy gift of nature in any form. You will not regret it. After all, you can cook both sweet and non-sweet dishes from it. Everyone will find a recipe to suit their taste.
Bon appetit!
Now is the perfect season to cook pumpkin. You can cook any dish with pumpkin. You can’t even imagine how many delicious things you can cook from pumpkin. There are no limits to your imagination here. You can prepare a second course, dessert and even soup. Very tasty jam, porridge and of course juice. And how many beneficial properties does this vegetable have? Pumpkin is a storehouse of vitamins and microelements.
The pumpkin “came out” from Southern Mexico. It first appeared in Russia in the 16th century, even earlier than potatoes. In Europe a little later, in the 19th century. It contains B vitamins, vitamin C, ascorbic acid, and a large number of antioxidants. Pumpkin is low in calories, the pectin content is higher than in apples. A very large amount of potassium, and for expectant mothers and nursing mothers it is simply irreplaceable. So you need to eat pumpkin, especially since now is the time. Let's look at a few recipes for cooking pumpkin in the oven.
When I came to visit my grandmother during the autumn holidays, she always treated me to steamed pumpkin. It would seem that there is nothing tastier than a sweet, fragrant, yellow pumpkin like autumn leaves. And now I will be happy to cook pumpkin. Only it won’t be exactly like my grandmother’s, but very similar. After all, she had a Russian stove, and for me it will be replaced by an ordinary oven.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin
- Sugar
- Vegetable oil
That's all, this is the minimum set of products that we will need. But I assure you this is more than enough for the final dish to be stunning. Now you can see this for yourself.
As you can see, I cleaned the pumpkin and removed the seeds. It is easy to remove the peel with a knife, and the seeds with a regular spoon.
Cut into pieces of approximately 3-4 cm side. Don’t be afraid if the pieces are not even, it won’t affect the taste in any way.
Grease the baking container with vegetable oil.
Lay out the pumpkin pieces and sprinkle sugar on top.
Sprinkle the sugar evenly so that each piece is saturated with a delicious sweet taste.
Before putting the pumpkin to bake, you need to preheat the oven to 180 degrees. The approximate baking time is 40 minutes, you should feel it yourself. When done, it will be a beautiful caramel color.
I can't wait to try our pumpkin. 40 minutes lasted as if 2 hours had passed. And this is what we got.
Fragrant, tasty and sweet pumpkin is ready. Let's check again for readiness. Take a fork or knife and pierce a piece, it should be soft.
Note that we got a delicious dish from the simplest ingredients, but imagine what else can be prepared from this ingredient.
Bon appetit.
Pumpkin with meat in the oven
And pumpkin with meat is just a fairy tale. I had never eaten such a dish before, but somehow this recipe caught my eye. I decided to experiment. This is simply a real delicacy; pumpkin gives the meat an original taste. And the delicate texture of the pumpkin is very pleasant to the taste. Try it, you will like it. And with this recipe you will pleasantly surprise your loved ones. What you will need for the recipe:
- Pumpkin - medium
- Meat - 350 gr.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Tomato - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 3 cloves
- Bell pepper - 2 pcs.
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Bay leaf
- Salt, pepper - to taste
This is not a very simple recipe for cooking pumpkin in the oven, and you don’t need 2 or 3 ingredients. But you will not only be satisfied with the result, but you will also want to repeat it.
For the recipe, you need to take a pumpkin that is not quite large, so that it fits in the oven. Try to choose a flat, round shape.
Now you need to free it from the insides. Do this in any way convenient for you. Personally, I do this. I retreat 2 cm from the edge of the wall and cut around the circumference with a knife. Next I scrape everything out with a knife. You should be able to do it just like me.
We've made the baking pot, let's start preparing the vegetables.
All vegetables need to be cut into slices. Focus on a size of approximately 1-1.5 cm on the side, and 2-2.5 cm on the meat side. There shouldn't be any problems with this. Which meat to choose, decide for yourself, take your favorite. I cook with pork neck.
Now heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and first fry the meat until half cooked. Then add the rest of the vegetables.
In order not to waste time while the meat is frying, I will fry the vegetables in a separate frying pan. I send onions and carrots first. Fry until golden brown and add bell pepper, tomato and garlic.
Garlic can be squeezed through a garlic press, or chopped finely or not very finely. I add whole cloves. Here, as you like more, you can even increase the amount of garlic.
When all the products are semi-prepared, you can combine them into one frying pan. And now you can add salt and pepper to taste and add bay leaf.
Stir and wait another 2 minutes.
Now the most interesting and beautiful part of this recipe is that we will stuff the pumpkin with meat and vegetable filling.
To prevent the pumpkin from burning on the outside when baking in the oven, grease the walls with vegetable oil.
If you are using lean meat, you can pour a little water inside the pumpkin, so there will be more juice and the taste will become brighter.
That's it, cover with a cap and put in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 1 hour 20 minutes.
You can monitor the readiness of the dish by looking at the outer wall of the pumpkin. When it becomes soft, the dish is ready.
Look how beautiful it is, how many colors it is, and what a scent it is worth. I am sure this recipe will become your favorite and you will cook it more than once.
Pumpkin with honey in the oven
This pumpkin recipe is perfect for dessert. It is very difficult to surprise our children. Nowadays, stores sell so many “not very healthy” treats that it’s simply dizzying. This recipe is not only healthy, but also very tasty. The most important thing here is to find the right variety. You need a pumpkin that tastes sweet. This recipe will appeal not only to you, but also to your children.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin – 500 grams
- Honey - 1 tbsp.
- Sugar - 1 tbsp.
- Orange - 1 pc.
- Cinnamon
This recipe involves baking the pumpkin in the oven, so while we are preparing the food, turn on the oven and let it heat up to 180 degrees.
In the meantime, we'll take care of the pumpkin. Let's cut it into portions.
Grease the pan where we will bake the pumpkin with a small amount of vegetable oil.
Place our pumpkin pieces into it and mix with 1 tbsp. l. Sahara.
The oven is preheated to 180 degrees, set to bake for 20 minutes.
During this time, grate the orange zest on a fine grater. We only need the orange part!!! If for some reason you don’t like orange, then feel free to replace it with lemon.
And squeeze the juice from one orange.
After 20 minutes, remove the pumpkin from the oven, sprinkle it with zest, cinnamon, honey and pour over orange juice. Mix well so that each piece is soaked.
If your honey is not liquid, then hold the container with honey in hot water, it will melt and it will be convenient for you to pour it over the pumpkin pieces.
Place back in the oven for 20 minutes.
A delicious sweet dessert is ready!
Arrange in beautiful shapes and treat your friends. And if you leave the pieces for a day, then the very next day you will have delicious slices of marmalade.
Whole pumpkin baked in the oven
After harvesting and preparing for the winter, I was left with small pumpkin fruits. They can be used as a pot. Only this pot can be eaten. Today I will invite friends to visit. I hope to pleasantly surprise them.
For the filling, you can take whatever your heart desires. You can practically use everything you have in the refrigerator, meat, cereals, fruits, you can’t even list everything. So for every taste, even the most sophisticated, you can come up with an amazing lunch, dinner or dessert for tea. Today I will use apple and nuts.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin
- Apple - 2 pcs.
- Nuts
- Sugar - 2 tbsp. l.
- Barberry
- Cinnamon - 1 tsp.
- Cloves 2-3 pcs.
- Cream - 250 ml.
Choose a pumpkin that is round in shape and, since we will be baking it whole, small in size. Carefully cut off the cap and remove the insides with a regular tablespoon.
We cut the apples into small pieces and put them in a deep container, where we will mix all the ingredients. For the recipe, choose sour varieties of apples.
Add cinnamon, sugar, barberry, cloves and a lot of walnuts to the apples. Walnuts can be replaced with your favorite ones. Mix well.
Fill the pumpkin with filling. Insert a sprig of cinnamon into the middle.
Close with a cap and place in a preheated oven (200 degrees) for 40 minutes. But the time may increase if, for example, you have a large pumpkin. So be guided by the surface of the pumpkin; as soon as it becomes soft, the pumpkin is ready.
You're done, you can eat the pumpkin stuffed with apples and spices.
But we won't stop there. Place all the contents, including part of the pumpkin wall, into a blender. Add cream and beat until smooth.
It is very important not to damage the pumpkin pot when you remove the contents!!!
We pour all our pumpkin cocktail back into the pumpkin. And now you can definitely eat it with a spoon, a fork, apple slices, etc.
Agree this is amazing!!! What kind of eyes will your guests have when you serve it this way? Introduced? I do. So try it, there is nothing complicated here, you will definitely succeed.
How to deliciously cook pumpkin in the oven with chicken
I would like to offer you another very interesting recipe. If you haven’t tried it yet, be sure to cook chicken with pumpkin baked in the oven. We're in the midst of pumpkin season and chicken isn't that hard to find, so this recipe won't take much time or effort to prepare. Pumpkin pulp soaked in aromatic chicken and aromatic spices will not leave you indifferent. If you try this dish at least once according to this recipe, it will take the first lines in your cookbook.
Ingredients
- Chicken - 1 kg.
- Pumpkin - 1 kg.
- Garlic - 5 cloves
- Mustard - 1 tbsp. l.
- Butter - 50 gr.
- Vegetable oil
- Salt, ground black pepper
- Greenery
First, let's marinate the chicken, or rather chicken thighs and drumsticks. But you can use any part of the chicken.
To do this, just salt, pepper and coat them with mustard. Leave at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Cut the pumpkin into medium-sized cubes, place in a baking dish, add salt and pepper and sprinkle with vegetable oil.
Place in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 20 minutes.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the chicken on both sides until golden brown.
After 20 minutes, transfer the chicken to the pumpkin. Sprinkle chopped garlic on top and pour a little water on the bottom. Place back in the oven for another 20 minutes. This time will be enough for complete cooking.
That's it, you can take it out and eat it.
Pumpkin with rice and dried fruits in the oven
Even if you have never eaten pumpkin before, once you try this amazing dish, you will not remain indifferent to it. This dish can be confidently called a dietary dish for all household members. This dish is prepared very often in Armenia. It's perfect for breakfast. For those who are watching their figure or fasting, this recipe is just right.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin
- Rice - 200 gr.
- Prunes - 100 gr.
- Dried apricots - 100 gr.
- Raisins - 100 gr.
- Walnuts
- Honey - 3-4 tbsp. l.
- Butter
- Cinnamon
We start by washing the pumpkin well and removing all the insides.
Pour boiling water over the dried fruits and let them soak. Five minutes will be enough. Next, you will need to chop them with a knife.
Wash the rice and boil in salted water until half cooked. You can use any round or long grain rice.
In a separate container, mix chopped dried fruits, nuts, cinnamon and honey. Let's mix.
We also grease the inner walls of the pumpkin with honey.
Now we stuff the pumpkin in layers: dried fruit filling, a piece of butter, rice, and so on to the top. You can have 4 or 5 layers, depending on the volume of the pumpkin.
It remains to bake in the oven (180 degrees) for about 1 hour.
We cut the pumpkin into portions, like a cake, and eat it with the filling. Believe me, it's very tasty!
Oven-dried pumpkin with sugar
If you want to prepare a tasty and healthy dish for the winter, then this recipe is for you. Of all the different harvesting methods, this one allows you to reduce all the vitamins and microelements of this delicious and healthy vegetable. In winter, dried pumpkin pieces can be eaten as a sweet dessert, and can also be used to prepare various dishes. In winter, it is very important to take vitamins; dried pumpkin will help you.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin
- Sugar
Let me tell you right away that you will need deep dishes. You need to place medium pieces of pumpkin in it. Add 1 glass of sugar and mix. Leave at room temperature overnight, we need the pumpkin to give juice.
We continue cooking the next day.
Pour 350 ml into the pan. water and add 1 cup of sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. All the sugar needs to dissolve.
Place the pumpkin pieces along with the juice into a baking container.
Preheat the oven to 85 degrees.
The syrup has boiled, the sugar has dissolved, pour it over the pumpkin. Place in the oven for 10 minutes. Next, take out and drain the syrup through a colander, and place the pumpkin on a separate baking sheet. We put it back in the oven, but for 60 minutes.
About 3 hours passed and my pumpkin withered. You can eat it now, but I’ll keep it for a couple more days at room temperature.
Be sure to try this delicious delicacy.
Recipe for pumpkin casserole with cottage cheese
In order to diversify your diet, you don't need a lot of imagination. I want to pamper my loved ones with a very tasty and very healthy dish. A banal casserole will turn into a culinary masterpiece if you add pumpkin to it. Healthy ingredients like cottage cheese and pumpkin in one casserole are simply a miracle. The casserole turns out tender and airy. You can eat it for breakfast or dinner. Even after it cools down, its taste will not be lost.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin - 350 gr.
- Cottage cheese – 500 gr
- Milk - 100 ml.
- Semolina - 3 tbsp.
- Sugar - 1 tbsp.
- Egg - 3 pcs.
- Baking powder - 1 tsp.
- Cinnamon - 1 tsp.
The first thing you need to do is grate the pumpkin on a fine grater.
Mix with a blender until smooth.
Add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the grated pumpkin. Next, add 1/2 volume of the curd mixture and mix thoroughly.
Take a baking dish and grease it with butter. To make the pumpkin casserole not just tasty, but also beautiful, we will alternate layers. Try to make the top of the casserole even!!!
Now the longest time remains))). Place in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 50 minutes. Well, be patient, it's worth the wait.
A delicious dessert is ready. The result was a cake, but not the usual one that we are used to eating, but a pumpkin one.
Many legends and myths are associated with pumpkin. In Laos, there is a legend that a magical bird warned a family about the impending Great Flood. People hid in a large pumpkin and thanks to this they were saved. When the water left, the seeds were planted in the ground, and from the fruits, instead of seeds, people grew up.
Recently, pumpkin dishes have begun to be prepared less and less. And in vain, this is a storehouse of useful substances for the normal functioning of the body. Positive effects of the miracle vegetable:
- Improves metabolism.
- Removes waste and toxins.
- Improves the functioning of the cardiovascular system.
- Drives out excess water.
- Improves the functioning of the nervous system.
- Works as a preventative against the formation of cancer cells.
- Improves visual acuity.
- Normalizes blood pressure.
- Prevents urolithiasis.
- Improves skin condition.
Pumpkin cooked in the oven is considered a dietary product - low in calories, but filling.
Preparing for baking
Baking is the best way to obtain delicious dietary dishes and preserve nutrients.
Which vegetable is better to choose?
There are a large number of pumpkin varieties. When choosing, you must adhere to the following rules:
- A round or oval shaped fruit is best. Optimal weight 3-5 kg.
- The tail should be dry, preferably whole.
- You should not buy cut up pumpkin.
- The color of the pulp should be bright yellow or orange. Then the vitamin A content will be maximum.
- The peel is undamaged, dense and smooth.
- To determine ripeness, you need to press on the skin with your fingernail; if it doesn’t press through, the vegetable is ripe.
Edible varieties:
- Nutmeg.
- Hard-bark (regular, spaghetti squash).
- Large-fruited.
How to bake pumpkin in pieces in the oven
To make your dishes tasty and healthy, you must follow some baking rules:
- There is no need to peel the skin before baking. It comes off easily later and adds flavor to the dish.
- The time it takes to cook can be determined by the thickness of the slices. If 2 cm, bake for 60 minutes. Thinner is faster, thicker is longer.
- You can check for doneness by piercing it with a fork; if it’s soft, it’s ready.
- During baking, you need to add a little water.
- The optimal temperature is 200 °C.
How to bake spaghetti squash
An amazing type of pumpkin - spaghetti. Once cooked, it breaks down into fibers similar to pasta. Great for preparing many dishes. To bake it you need:
- Preheat the oven to 180-200 °C.
- To prevent the vegetable from bursting during cooking, pierce it several times.
- Pour some water into a baking tray.
- Bake for 40-60 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, cool slightly.
- Cut, remove seeds.
- Separate the fibers from the peel.
- Place in a bowl.
- Before serving, add oil, salt and pepper.
Mozzarella and basil cheeses are excellent for this type of cheese.
Pumpkin slices with sugar
Pumpkin has an amazing ability: its taste depends on what ingredients you cook it with. It can be salty, spicy or sweet.
- raisin,
- sugar,
- pears,
- fruit pilaf,
- apples,
- berries,
- dried fruits.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg pumpkin;
- 60 g sugar;
- a little salt;
- 50 ml vegetable or butter.
Cooking technology:
- Prepare the oven by preheating to 200°C.
- Peel the pumpkin and cut into slices.
- Mix sugar and salt, sprinkle vegetables on top. With this combination, salt will enhance the sweetness of the sugar.
- Sprinkle oil on top.
- Add ¼ cup of water and place in the oven. To avoid burning on top, cover the container with food foil.
- Baking time is approximately 40-60 minutes.
This recipe is considered dietary. If you want a sweeter option, you need to increase the amount of sugar.
Video recipe
Recipe with honey and apples
Recipe No. 1
Ingredients:
- 0.4 kg pumpkin;
- 0.5 kg apples;
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon;
- 40 g walnuts;
- 2 tablespoons honey.
Preparation:
- Peel sour or sweet-sour apples, remove core, cut into 2x2 pieces.
- Cut the pumpkin without skin into pieces similar to apples or a little thinner.
- Place the fruit in the prepared pan with foil and add 2 tablespoons of water.
- Place the baking sheet in a preheated oven at 200°C for 20 minutes.
- Remove the pan and sprinkle cinnamon on top.
- Place a layer of apples.
- Bake for another 20-25 minutes.
- Let cool slightly, place into portioned plates, pour over honey, sprinkle with nuts. The dish is ready to eat.
There are other options for this recipe:
- with apples and raisins;
- with honey;
- with apples and quince;
- with apples and walnuts.
Recipe No. 2
Ingredients:
- 0.5 kg pumpkin;
- 0.2 kg apples;
- 0.5 glasses of water;
- 0.2 kg of honey.
Preparation:
- Core the apples and cut into slices.
- Peel the vegetable and cut it similar to apples, but a little thinner.
- Place on a baking sheet, pour over honey and water.
- Place in a preheated oven and bake at 180°C for about 2 hours.
- When serving, the finished dish can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Pumpkin with meat for main course
Sugar-free pumpkin baked in the oven is suitable as a side dish for meat or fish, which can be eaten either hot or chilled.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 kg pumpkin;
- 40 ml vegetable oil;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- salt;
- pepper mixture;
- take greens to taste.
Preparation:
- Peel the fruit and cut into small cubes.
- Combine chopped garlic, salt, spices.
- Stir in pumpkin pieces.
- Place in prepared pan and add a little water.
- Place in a preheated oven at 180-200 °C for 30-40 minutes.
Bake a delicious whole pumpkin
Classic recipe
To bake whole, you need to select a small fruit so that it cooks evenly. The washed vegetable is pierced, placed in a mold and in the oven. It will bake for about an hour.
With apples and raisins
There are many options for baking with apples in general. But you should remember the rules that apply to all recipes:
- Vegetables cook slower than fruits, so it is better to choose firm apples.
- You need a ripe fruit of a sweet variety with orange flesh.
- The degree of readiness is determined by piercing with a knife or fork. If the fruit is soft, the dish is ready, everything is baked inside.
- Lemon juice goes well with the combination of pumpkin and apples.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 kg pumpkin;
- 0.5 kg apples;
- 100 g raisins;
- 30 g butter;
- 80 g sour cream;
- 50 g walnuts;
- 2-3 g cinnamon;
- sugar to taste.
Preparation:
- Cut off the top of the pumpkin, remove seeds and pulp.
- Core the apples and cut into cubes.
- Fry the apples a little in butter in a frying pan. The moisture should evaporate slightly.
- Wash and dry the raisins.
- Chop the nuts.
- Mix raisins, nuts, cinnamon, fill the vegetable with filling.
- Mix sour cream with sugar and pour inside the fruit.
- The filled pumpkin is closed with a pumpkin lid and placed in the oven.
- Cooking will take about 1 hour at 200 °C. If the skin is hard, keep in the oven for another 20-30 minutes.
For effect, it is better to place the dish on the table as a whole, cutting it on the spot.
Stuffed pumpkin
Pumpkin can be stuffed using different fillings:
- Rice with apples, dried apricots, raisins, cherry plum.
- Meat with onions.
- Cheese with cream and herbs.
- Meat, potatoes, champignons.
- Rice with meat, chicken, lamb.
- Cereals: rice, millet.
- Dried fruits.
- Nuts.
- Buckwheat with pork.
Yes, there are a minimum amount of ingredients, but believe me, the dessert will be delicious!
The pumpkin needs to be washed, then cut and seeds removed. You don’t even need to remove the skin, just cut the pumpkin into slices like a watermelon.
Grease a baking sheet with any refined oil and place pumpkin slices on it. I have a non-stick baking dish, so I omitted the oil altogether. You can sprinkle the pulp with sugar at this stage, but since in the future I will be using honey, I also exclude sugar. Honey is healthier to eat without heat treatment, so we’ll add it to the pumpkin the moment we take it out of the oven.
Place the baking sheet in the oven, which has been preheated to 200 degrees. The baking time for pumpkin depends on the thickness of the slices; on average, baking takes about 20 minutes, but the time also depends on what kind of pumpkin you want to get. If you want it to crunch a little, then reduce the baking time, but if you want to end up with soft slices, then let the pumpkin stay in the oven for 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees. With this cooking method, the slices will not burn, since we add neither sugar nor honey (as you know, these products form a caramel crust when baked).
Pour honey over the finished pumpkin, then place it on a dish using a spatula or tongs. Even if the honey is thick and candied, it will melt on the hot pumpkin slices and spread.
We leave the pumpkin for a few minutes so that it is soaked in honey, and then serve it on the table as a dessert.
I would also like to tell you about a recipe for cooking spiced pumpkin in the oven; this recipe is also not difficult to prepare.
Sweet spiced pumpkin with raisins and lemon in the oven
You will need the following ingredients:
- Pumpkin – 0.8 kg,
- Raisins (black, seedless) – 70 grams,
- Allspice peas – 1 teaspoon,
- Cloves (buds) – 2 buds,
- Cinnamon (ground) – ½ teaspoon,
- Honey – 2 tbsp. spoons,
- Salt – ½ teaspoon,
- Lemon – 1 piece (medium).
Cooking baked spiced pumpkin in the oven
The pumpkin must be peeled and seeds removed. Then cut the pumpkin pulp into large cubes. Place them on a greased baking tray or rimmed baking sheet. Place in the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes.
At this time, let's take care of the remaining ingredients. The raisins should be sorted and washed, filled with sufficiently warm water and allowed to swell. Then drain the water and dry.
Place peppercorns, salt, ground cinnamon, all spices in a mortar and grind until smooth, you can use a blender.
Place the honey in a small cup, squeeze the juice from the lemon, and mix.
Place the baked pumpkin in a deep cup and sprinkle with spices, then mix everything, carefully so as not to turn the pumpkin into porridge. Place the pumpkin cubes on a baking sheet and pour with a mixture of lemon juice and honey, place in a warm oven for 15 - 20 minutes.
This appetizer or dessert can be served either warm or cold.
We talked about only two options for preparing pumpkin, but this is just a small fraction of the dishes that are prepared from it. Pumpkin baked whole in the oven turns out to be very tasty, and it can be filled with various fillings, sweet and savory, as well as porridge.
The Recipe Notebook website wishes you a pleasant meal.
Best regards, Anyuta.
