Today, when the most refined dishes are available at home, many simple recipes go by the wayside and are even forgotten. And often in vain. For example, if earlier, with the onset of October, baking pumpkin with honey was a common thing, now they are doing it less and less. But this dish will not only please its appearance, but also leave a pleasant aftertaste. In addition, it can rightfully be considered dietary - only 53 kcal per 100 g of product.
And how many useful properties in a baked pumpkin with honey! It helps to normalize digestion and heart function. It is recommended to eat with hypertension, diabetes and kidney and liver diseases. Honey not only gives the dish extra sweetness, but also shares its healing properties with pumpkin. They are often replaced with sugar for many diseases, and also eat for colds and to ease coughing.
Classic recipe
But then, what is the best way to bake pumpkin with honey to get the most out of these products? This is most often done in the oven. The pumpkin fruit must be cut, remove the pulp with seeds with a spoon and peeled. Cut into pieces 3 by 3 cm in size. Now you can prepare honey sauce, for this mix honey and vegetable oil. For 400 g of fresh pumpkin, you need about 2 tablespoons of honey and one tablespoon of oil. Dip each slice in the sauce and put on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Bake pumpkin in the oven for 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees until golden brown. When serving, you can decorate the finished dish with sesame seeds or cinnamon.
True, many nutritionists do not recommend baking pumpkin in this way. They believe that with prolonged heating, honey begins to secrete carcinogens, and all the benefits of the products are reduced to zero. From their point of view, it is much better to first bake the pumpkin separately, but with honey it is easy to serve it on the table. In this case, you can put it separately, or you can pour it on the finished pumpkin. And, of course, you can decorate the dish according to your desire and taste.
Microwave recipe
With the advent of an increasing number of helpers in the kitchen, baking pumpkin with honey became possible in them. The most common recipes are for microwave and slow cookers. In any case, first you need to prepare the pumpkin itself: cut, remove seeds and peel. Then cut the required amount into small pieces and put them in a suitable dish for the microwave. Cook for 15-20 minutes at maximum power, until the pieces are soft. And only after that pour them with honey to taste. Pumpkin in the microwave with honey is no worse than in the oven. And it’s preparing much faster, though you can cook in this way for a maximum of two.
Cooking Pumpkins in a Multicooker
And more recently, a recipe has appeared that is used to bake pumpkin with honey in a slow cooker. Already prepared slices of autumn berries are put in a multicooker pan, which should be slightly greased with butter. Add 1-2 tablespoons of honey and half a glass of water. Stew the pumpkin with honey for 30-40 minutes, and then put on plates. Instead of the "Extinguishing" mode, you can use "Baking" or "Cooking", depending on the model of the multicooker.
No matter how cooked a baked pumpkin with honey, it will be difficult to recognize it in its finished form. So tasty, even exotic, will taste it. Not for nothing that from ancient times in Russia pumpkin dishes were served even on the royal table.