Pumpkin is one of the beautiful symbols of autumn. Desserts, cereals, side dishes, etc. are prepared from it. This vegetable is indispensable for dietary nutrition, because 100 g contains only 30 kcal.
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The best way to cook pumpkin is to bake in the oven. To do this, it is better to choose a medium-sized vegetable, since from too large a dish it will turn out dry and watery. It is important to pay attention to the color of the pulp. It should be bright yellow or orange. By the way, if there is a lot to prepare the whole fruit, the remaining pumpkin can be cut into pieces and frozen.
How to make pumpkin dessert?
This dish can be prepared for breakfast or dinner. For two servings you will need:
- ½ medium pumpkin
- 1 medium apple
- a handful of fresh or frozen berries,
- a pinch of cinnamon
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tsp butter.
You need to cut a whole pumpkin so that from a half you get a pot. Using a spoon, seeds are removed from it. Dice the apples, mix with berries, cinnamon and sugar. The filling is placed in a pumpkin, and on top is a piece of butter. The pot is baked at 180 degrees for about 1.5-2 hours, so that the fruit becomes soft and the flesh easily leaves the skin.
Pumpkin can be baked without seasonings and other products. To do this, they put it on a baking sheet covered with foil, and put it in the oven, heated to 200 degrees. It is difficult to determine the cooking time, so after about 1 hour, you need to start checking it. The finished vegetable becomes completely soft. Pumpkin is served on a table with caramel syrup. To prepare it you will need:
- 50 g sugar
- 1-2 tsp honey
- ½ lemon zest,
- 30 g grated ginger,
- some water.
Lemon zest and ginger on a fine grater. Sugar is poured into the pan and a little water is added, stirring constantly to make caramel. Then add ginger and zest to it, simmer on the fire for several minutes and pour hot zest on the zest.