It is well known that pumpkin is a real storehouse of vitamins. It is useful literally in any form, starting with raw and ending with all kinds of cereals, casseroles and desserts. Even seeds come into the food (which, incidentally, can be purchased not only in the market, but also in the pharmacy). But, unfortunately, not everyone loves this delicious product. And so, in order to feed their households with a healthy vegetable, many housewives go to the next trick. In this case, you can try baking pumpkin with sugar in the oven. Such a dessert will be both useful and tasty, so that even the most capricious sweet tooth will be satisfied.
How to cook baked pumpkin with cinnamon?
This not too complicated recipe will certainly appeal to lovers of spicy sweets. The composition of the dish includes cinnamon, which is traditionally added to apples, but pumpkin with it turns out well. In order for the dessert to turn out to be truly delicious, you must with all responsibility approach not only the cooking process, but also the choice of products. Sugar is best used brown (2-3 tablespoons, to taste), homemade butter (30 g), and pumpkin - nutmeg (usually it is not very large, pear-shaped). For flavor, you will still need a teaspoon of cinnamon. Before baking a pumpkin with sugar in the oven, it should be washed and cut in half. Next, seeds are removed from it and small incisions are made across the entire area crosswise. Then it is greased with butter, which is better to pre-melt in the microwave, sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar.
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baking sheet is lined
with baking paper, halves of the pumpkin are laid on it, covered with foil and sent to the hot oven for 40 minutes. It is advisable to water several times over the entire time the juice formed during the preparation process. The readiness of the pumpkin is checked with a fork (baking time may depend on the variety of the fruit and its size).
The resulting halves are cut into slices and served on the table as a dessert. If the treat is intended for children, then everyone can take a spoon and enjoy directly from the common half. Sometimes this dish is used as a semi-finished product to create a mashed potatoes or a more complex dessert.
How to bake a pumpkin whole?Fans of effective serving dishes can recommend this recipe. It can hardly be called simple, but certainly tasty and healthy - definitely. It turns out that you can not only bake a pumpkin with sugar in the oven, but also fill it with other goodies. Moreover, in the absence of some ingredients, they can be replaced by others, that is, fantasize. You get such a pumpkin surprise. It is best if it is not too large, but in shape close to ideal, that is, round. For 2 kg of pumpkin you will need a glass of rice, a small apple, 2 quinces, 75 g of prunes, a spoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of honey, a little vanilla, 50 g of butter. Those who do not like prunes can be advised to replace it with dried apricots. And if quince is not at hand, they are limited to apples.
Before baking a pumpkin with sugar in the oven, it is washed and stuffed. To do this, cut off the top (it will continue to serve as a lid), carefully remove the seeds and pulp (they will not be needed). Prunes are poured with boiling water, rice is washed in cold water, and then boiled until half cooked.
Next, peel the quince, cut into cubes and, pouring a little water into the pan, lightly weld it. Apples, sugar, vanilla and honey prepared in a similar way are added there. Prunes are removed from the water, crushed and sent to the rest of the ingredients. Oil is added to complete the process. As soon as it melts and the sugar has completely dissolved, the mixture is removed from the heat and combined with rice.
The resulting mass is stuffed with a pumpkin, covered with a lid and put in the oven for an hour and a half. They serve it in the cooled form as a whole, removing the lid and pouring it with sweet syrup, sauce or liquid jam.