Summertime is the expanse for the sweet tooth. After all, how many different interesting and delicious desserts can be prepared using aromatic fruits! One such dish is melon pie. Using it as the main component, you can get completely different taste sweet treats. Consider several recipes that differ from each other in cooking technology.
Various cake options
Since the sweet melon mass is already completely ready for use, it can not be thermally processed at all. Or spend this stage in a sparing mode. Also, the fruit, due to its soft consistency, is easily inserted into the dough mashed, evenly distributed and giving the pastry a wonderful honey aroma. Melon pie can be, for example:
- with fresh slices (decorate pastries on top or use raw materials as one of the layers);
- with candied slices (boil slices in strong sugar syrup);
- with a soft mass in the composition of the test base when baking (mash overripe pulp or beat it with a blender).
Below are the recipes for each of the listed options for processing "solar" fruits.
Melon Pie. Sliced Sliced Recipe
Boiling, and then light drying allows you to turn melon pieces into candied fruits. How they turn out depends primarily on the duration of the heat treatment and the concentration of sugar in the solution used. In the event that it is very saturated, boiled melon becomes like caramelized sweets. When cooled, such sweets are very similar to marmalade. To prepare a melon pie, a gentle processing method is more suitable when the slices remain semi-fresh. To do this, cut the fruit (not ripening) across into thick plates, remove the seed core and dense skin along the outer edge with a sharp knife. Then divide the piece into four parts. Put the resulting bar across (with a “crusty” edge on a cutting board) and chop on slices no more than 1-1.5 cm thick. Blanch the “fans” prepared in this way in sugar syrup (1 glass of water for 1 liter) for 2-3 minutes. Remove the slices with a slotted spoon from the solution and place to cool completely on a wire rack or in a colander. How to make candied pie with melon? The recipe is a combination of several components of the dessert: sponge cake, cream base, candied slices. Candied melon serve as a decoration for a layered cake. Arrange them as shown in the photo, and then decorate the dessert with cream.
Fresh melon pie cake
This recipe is somewhat similar to the previous one. A delicious dessert involves the assembly of a cake from ready-made cakes and raw melon mass. The fruit is preferable to take a fully ripe, with a honey flavor. Prepare the slices as described previously. Sliced slices do not have to be whole. You can also lay melon on top of biscuit or shortbread cake and cream mass in the form of small pieces. To make the dish light and not too sweet-sugary, use whipped cream. Before serving, such a melon pie must be kept in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. Then the frozen dessert will keep its shape perfectly and easily cut into portioned pieces.
How to cook a melon pie in a slow cooker?
Cooked baking described below tastes like apple charlotte. As a basis, both an unripe fruit and an overripe one are ideal. So, prepare the melon pie in the slow cooker:
- Beat with a mixer 4 fresh chicken eggs with 1 cup of granulated sugar.
- Gradually add 1 cup flour to the mass.
- Peel the melon from seeds and peel and chop into small cubes.
- Lubricate the bowl with olive oil.
- Pour melon pieces into the bottom of the mold, and pour dough on top.
- Select the “Baking” mode and the time is 45 minutes. Wait for the signal.
Melon Charlotte is ready to serve!
Bake a cupcake dessert in an oven
A melon pie in the oven is prepared in just half an hour:
- Beat 1 egg and 1 egg yolk with a mixer in lush foam with 50 g of sugar.
- Add 50 g of soft baked butter margarine or unsalted butter.
- Continuing to beat, add peeled and chopped ripe melon (200-250 g) to the mixture.
- Heat milk (1/2 cup), mix with a pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon. l quick soda. Pour the mixture into the test base.
- Then pour flour in small portions (1 full glass) and continue whisking at low speed.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
- Grease the mold with vegetable oil. Pour the dough into it.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes. over medium heat.
- Beat 1 protein with 50 g of sugar until fluffy foam.
- Brush the cupcake with fondant and let it brown in the oven for another 5 minutes.
- Serve garnished with slices of fresh melon.
You can make a banana pie in the oven or in a slow cooker, the flesh of which is very similar in structure to ripe melon slices. Imagine, try new recipes, get delicious desserts!