Pumpkin is not only seeds and decoration for Halloween. Many seasonal dishes can be made from this seasonal vegetable. A plentiful harvest falls in the fall, but the pumpkin is well stored, and, provided the skin is intact, it can calmly survive the winter. Here are some ideas on what can be made from pumpkin. Due to its high starch content, soups and cereals are prepared from it. A sweet pulp of the vegetable makes it possible to cook jam from it and bake desserts.
Cream soup is the first thing that comes to mind when asked what can be made from pumpkin. Vegetables are perfectly mashed, as are no less starchy potatoes or legumes. All ingredients are cooked until cooked in water or broth. Then the soup is filtered, and the grind is ground in a blender. After that, the vegetables return to the pan. So cook in the Old World. But in the Caribbean, pumpkin is first fried along with onions, garlic and a pinch of sugar. Then put tomatoes, seasonings, stripped of the skin, into a frying pan and simmer for 10 minutes under the lid. Then they spread everything into a boiling broth and continue to cook for another half an hour. Well, in the end, add cream to the soup and whip the contents of the saucepan in a blender.
Traditional Ukrainian porridge is what can be made from pumpkin quickly and at no particular cost. The skin is removed from the vegetable, seeds are pulled out. The pulp is cut into cubes. A piece of butter is melted in a stew-pan, first chopped onions are passaged, then pumpkin is added. When it is slightly browned, reduce the heat, add cream and stew under the lid. You can add a little semolina or corn grits for density.
In the East, your opinion on what can be made from pumpkin. It is baked in ginger sauce. In this recipe, peeling a vegetable is not required. It is enough to cut it in half, remove the seeds, sprinkle the pulp with olive oil and put in the oven. Oven at 180 degrees for about an hour. Then cool, peel, cut the pulp into cubes. The sauce is done like that. Fry the onion, add peeled, finely chopped orange to it. Then they put the cubes of pumpkin, the root of chopped ginger and a spoonful of honey. Pour two tablespoons of soy sauce, bring to a boil and immediately turn off the fire.
What can I make pumpkin for dessert? For example, a cake with condensed milk. Knead shortbread dough. Cut the pumpkin, bake until tender. Puree the pulp in a blender. About two glasses of this mass, mix in a bowl with a can of condensed milk and two egg yolks. Season with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Beat the whites and carefully add to the filling. Put the dough into the mold, pour the pumpkin and milk mixture on top. Bake in the oven for a quarter of an hour at 220 o C.
This vegetable is suitable even for jam. With coconut, it turns out to be especially tasty. Remove seeds from the pumpkin, cut the flesh into large cubes. Put them in a saucepan, sprinkle with sugar (half a kilogram of this sand is required per kilogram of vegetable). Also add ten cloves and two cinnamon sticks to the pan. Cook, sometimes stirring, over medium heat for about half an hour. Then pour 400 g of coconut flakes, stir quickly and immediately remove from the stove. Crush the jam with a crush, let cool, transfer to banks. You need to store them in the refrigerator.