When the season of pumpkins comes, dishes with this vegetable in the composition can be met literally at every step. Pumpkin is added to desserts, soups and hot dishes, make from it syrups, drinks and put in pastries. But we decided to stop at the simplest recipe by making a pumpkin baked in the oven with sugar, which then can be eaten just like that or mashed and added to your favorite treats.
How to cook a pumpkin in the oven with sugar?
In this recipe, seasonal gourd will be joined by no less than a seasonal berry - cranberries, the sourness of which only helps to increase the sweetness of the prepared dish. For the texture variety, we will complement the pumpkin with seeds.
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 2 pcs. (400 g each);
- vegetable oil - 55 ml;
- granulated sugar - 55 g;
- butter - 30 g;
- cranberry - 45 g;
- lemon juice - 15 ml;
- pumpkin seeds - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Cut the two pumpkins in half, remove the seeds from the core and sprinkle the halves with oil. Place the pumpkin in the oven with the cut down and bake at 210 degrees 45 minutes. Turn each of the halves, sprinkle with lemon juice, put pieces of butter in the center and sprinkle with sugar. Leave the pumpkin under the grill until the sugar crystals are caramelized, and the pulp itself will not be covered with a golden crust. Sprinkle the pumpkin with cranberries and seeds before serving.
Pumpkin pieces baked in the oven with sugar
The combination of witticism and sweetness is not quite common for fans of our cuisine, but for those who are not against the pronounced aromas and flavors often found in oriental dishes, we recommend trying out this recipe for cooking pumpkin in the oven with sugar and spices.
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 780 g;
- ground cloves - 15 g;
- an anise star - 1 pc .;
- stick of cinnamon - 1/2 pcs .;
- vegetable oil - 45 ml;
- granulated sugar - 115 g;
- pinch of cayenne pepper.
Preparation
Before you bake a pumpkin in the oven with sugar, cut it, take out the seeds and divide the pulp into pieces. Combine the sugar with cayenne pepper. In the stupa, rub the anise and cinnamon into powder. If there are no stupas, then buy spices already ground and join together. Add the spices to the sugar.
Wipe the pumpkin pulp with a towel and drizzle with oil. Spread the pieces on a baking sheet, sprinkle them with a sweet mixture of spices, and then put in the oven for 45 minutes at 190 degrees or until the pieces become very soft.
Pumpkin with lemon and sugar in the oven
Pumpkin with citrus may seem a strange combination, but the acid in small quantities is known for its ability to make the dish much sweeter, but because if you intend to make a pumpkin for dessert, you can not do without a lemon.
Ingredients:
- pumpkin (medium size) - 1 piece;
- butter - 25 g;
- lemon - 1 piece;
- granulated sugar - 55 g;
- vanilla pod - 1 pc.
Preparation
After removing the seeds from the pumpkin, divide it into pieces of arbitrary shape and size. Spread the pumpkin on a baking sheet and pour with butter. Sprinkle the sugar on top with the vanilla pod seeds, and then mix everything together. Cover the pod on the baking tray. Sprinkle the contents of the baking tray with lemon juice and put everything in the oven for half an hour at 200 degrees.
Pumpkin in oven with cinnamon and sugar
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 1.6 kg;
- butter - 55 g;
- brown sugar - 45 g;
- cinnamon powder - 1 teaspoon;
- Nutmeg, ginger - 1/2 tsp.
Preparation
Mix the sugar with the spices. Melted pieces of pumpkin with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar mixture. Bake everything for about 45 minutes at 200 degrees and serve simply or pre-whipped with a blender.