Oven pumpkin casserole: recipes and cooking tips

Pumpkin is very popular among gardeners. It does not require special personal care and pleases others with a bright color. From pumpkin you can cook a huge amount of not only tasty, but also healthy dishes. All kinds of casseroles, puddings, salads, soups and much more. Pumpkin can be fried, boiled, baked. Adults and children with great pleasure eat a variety of dishes prepared from this vegetable, or, more precisely, berries. Today we will tell you about how to cook a delicious pumpkin casserole, as well as give some recommendations.

Interesting Facts

Many of us know that in the fairy tale "Cinderella," the fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a wonderful carriage. What else is known about this amazing berry? We invite you to get acquainted with some very interesting facts:

• They began to eat pumpkin more than five thousand years ago.
• It has unique healing properties. It contains a large amount of ascorbic acid, as well as other useful vitamins and minerals.
• In Russia, pumpkin was brought from southern Mexico.
• It has the ability to have a rejuvenating effect on the body.
• Our distant ancestors made pumpkin rind made dishes.
• In the world there are several dozen types of pumpkins.
• It is recommended to use in food to people who adhere to various diets.
• A pumpkin can prepare a huge number of delicious and varied dishes, from salad to sweet desserts.
• It promotes wound healing and helps treat burns.

Cottage cheese casserole with pumpkin

This dish will appeal to both children and adults. The undoubted advantages of pumpkin casserole with cottage cheese are the speed of cooking, as well as the large amount of nutrients that it contains. The dish can be cooked in the oven or slow cooker.

We will need the following products:

• Cottage cheese - one pack. If you want to make a low-calorie dish, then take fat-free.
• Pumpkin - a pound. Maybe a little less, it all depends on the number of people for whom you will cook.
• Milk - enough half a glass.
• Butter - two tablespoons.
• Wheat flour - one or two tablespoons. It is advisable to sift it, then the pumpkin casserole will turn out to be more tender and airy.
• Egg - 1 piece.
• You can add a teaspoon of honey or vanilla. If you take sugar (one or two tablespoons), then you do not need to add honey. Otherwise, the casserole will be too sweet. All products are prepared, which means that you can proceed to the preparation of delicious casseroles.
  

  Sequencing

1. We take the pumpkin and wash it thoroughly. Then cut into two parts, we need only one. If the pumpkin is very large, then a quarter will be quite enough.
2. We remove the seeds, peel.
3. Rub the pumpkin on a medium grater.
4. If we cook in a slow cooker, then set the "Cooking" mode and put the resulting mass into a bowl pre-lubricated with butter.
5. Pour the milk and cook until the liquid evaporates.
6. Are you going to cook in the oven? In this case, the pumpkin with milk can be cooked in a conventional pan over medium heat. Do not forget that the mass will need to be stirred from time to time.
7. After about twenty minutes, remove the pan from the stove. Let the pumpkin mass cool slightly. Add butter to it and mix well.
8. Put the cottage cheese in a bowl, break one egg and add granulated sugar. We mix everything well, you can beat with a mixer.
9. Add a little flour and mix everything thoroughly.
10. Preheat the oven. Take a baking sheet and grease it with butter.
11. We spread the curd mass. All are well aligned.
12. Now spread the pumpkin.
13. Top can be greased with a small amount of sour cream.
14. Put in the oven. We set the temperature from 150 to 180 degrees.
15. Cooking pumpkin casserole in the oven (according to the recipe) is from 30 to 35 minutes.
16. Before serving the dish to the table, it is necessary to allow it to cool slightly.
17. Cut the casserole and put it in beautiful plates.
18. Serve with sour cream or condensed milk.

Pumpkin casserole with semolina

Let's cook another simple dish. We think that his taste will appeal to your household and guests. The dish does not require large cash costs and is completely time-consuming. However, it is up to you to judge.

The list of products that will be needed to prepare pumpkin casseroles in the oven:

• Semolina - half a glass.
• Sugar - two to three tablespoons.
• Pumpkin - 600-700 grams. If the pumpkin is medium in size, then you can take it completely.
• Eggs are two.
• Sour cream - half a glass.
• Salt to taste. Usually take half a teaspoon.

We proceed to a detailed description of the preparation of pumpkin casseroles with semolina. Sequencing:

1. We rub on a grater washed and peeled pumpkin.
2. We take the eggs, wash them and break them into a separate pan.
3. We spread semolina, salt and sugar here. Mix everything thoroughly.
4. Add sour cream. You can beat everything with a mixer.
5. Cover the pan with a clean cloth for ten to fifteen minutes. This time is necessary for the semolina to swell and increase in size.
6. A baking sheet (you can also take a special baking dish) is greased with sunflower or butter.
7. Grated pumpkin is added to the prepared mixture and stir well.
8. We spread it on the prepared form and level it.
9. We put in the oven for 35-40 minutes.
10. After a while, a pleasant, sweet smell will spread throughout the house. It remains only to wait until the end of cooking and enjoy a delicate pumpkin casserole with semolina.

With carrots

Another option for a delicious and low-calorie dish for breakfast or dinner. If you do not like too sweet desserts, then sugar in a casserole with pumpkin and carrots may not be added at all. The delicacy is very light and nutritious. So if you like sweets, but are afraid to spoil your figure, opt for a pumpkin and carrot casserole. Moreover, cooking it is not at all difficult. The products that we need are almost always in any home. It remains only to buy a pumpkin or grow it in the garden. What do you need more?

Product List

• Pumpkin - determine the quantity yourself. But more often than half is enough.
• Egg - 2-3 pieces.
• Salt to taste.
• Sugar - you can not add at all or take very little.
• Carrots - 3-4 pieces.
• Flour - one glass (it is best to take wheat).

Cooking sequence:

1. My pumpkin and carrots are peeled.
2. Next, the vegetables must be cut into cubes. Carrots are best cut into small strips.
3. We take the pan and put the prepared vegetables in it.
4. Add a glass of water to the vegetables and simmer over medium heat.
5. After about 30-40 minutes we make mashed vegetables.
6. Beat eggs with salt and sugar.
7. Pour the resulting mixture in mashed potatoes.
8. Sift the flour and add it there. All mix well.
9. We spread on a baking sheet, greased with butter.
10. Put in the oven.
11. After 30 minutes, an unusually delicious and delicate dessert awaits you.

Cooking Tips

We offer you to adopt some secrets that not all housewives know. So:

• Any pumpkin casserole is better when warm. A cooled dish will no longer be so tasty and aromatic.
• To neutralize the sweet taste of pumpkin a little, add sour apples to the casserole.
• To make the casserole acquire a special taste and aroma, add spices. Cinnamon or nutmeg is best.
• Some housewives serve pumpkin casseroles with condensed milk. Of course, it is very tasty. But best of all, pumpkin casserole is combined with sour cream.
• If you use semolina among the ingredients, be sure to allow time for it to swell.

In the end

There are a sufficient number of pumpkin casserole recipes, we introduced you to some of them in this article. This dish is not only great for breakfast, but can also decorate the festive table. If you serve pumpkin casserole with any ice cream, guests will be delighted.