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Pumpkin in the oven. Sweet baked pumpkin pieces in the oven

Pumpkin is an extremely healthy product and the record holder among vegetables for beta-carotene content. In addition to a huge amount of vitamins and minerals, pumpkin is a low-calorie product recommended by nutritionists for people with cardiovascular diseases, those who want to lose weight, and people with weak immune systems. In cooking, pumpkin is universal - you can use it to make whatever your heart desires: soups, drinks, cereals, baked goods, side dishes... But it is best to bake the pumpkin in the oven - this way it will turn out to be the softest and juiciest.

How to choose pumpkin for a dish?
Cooking any pumpkin dish begins with a conscious choice. For example, for sweet dishes it is better to buy a small bright orange pumpkin - its pulp is the sweetest and has a slight nutty flavor. But for side dishes for main courses, it is better to choose a large, yellow-orange or greenish-blue pumpkin - its sweetness is less pronounced, but the pulp contains a huge amount of juice. The pumpkin peel should be smooth, without damage - this is a guarantee of a quality product and, as a result, delicious dish.

How to bake pumpkin pieces in the oven?

• There are many recipes for baking pumpkin, but this option is most suitable for those with a sweet tooth. Wash the pumpkin, cut it into slices, and then into small squares. No need to remove the skin! Dip the pieces in honey and place on a baking sheet, placing them on the skin. Bake until golden brown, and sprinkle the finished sweet with grated nuts.
  
• Candied pumpkin. First of all, you need to cook sugar syrup from 2 glasses of water and half a kilogram of sugar. The syrup should have the consistency of low-fat sour cream. Cut approximately 600 grams into cubes. pumpkins and place them in boiling syrup. Cook over medium heat for five minutes, stirring occasionally. After this, remove the cubes from the syrup and place on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. Bake the pieces for about half an hour at 180 degrees, and sprinkle the finished candied fruits with powdered sugar and serve after cooling.
  
• Apple and pumpkin dessert. Cut the pumpkin and apples into squares, place in a deep saucepan and add half a glass of water. Simmer over low heat for 10-15 minutes. While the stew pieces are cooling, separate the yolks from the egg whites. Mix the yolks thoroughly with sugar, add a pinch of salt to the whites and beat them. Mix the cooled pieces of pumpkin and apples with the yolks and place the mixture on a baking sheet, and top with whipped egg white. In this case, bake the pumpkin for 20 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees, and serve chilled.
  

How else to bake pumpkin in the oven?
It is not necessary to make sweet dishes from pumpkin - its pulp goes well with meat and seafood. For example, you can cook stuffed pumpkin.

1. Wash the small pumpkin thoroughly and cut off the top to form a lid.
   
2. Remove the pulp, remove seeds, cut into cubes and pour into a frying pan. Add finely chopped onion, grated carrots and crushed or dry garlic to the pulp, then fry everything until golden brown.
   
3. Pour the pulp into a deep bowl and fry 300 grams of pepper in a frying pan. minced meat.
   
4. Grease the inside of the sides of the pumpkin “pot” with cinnamon and a little salt.
   
5. Mix all the ingredients, pour 15% fat sour cream, place in the prepared pumpkin and cover with a lid.
   
6. Bake for half an hour at 200 degrees. After the specified time, remove the lid from the pumpkin, sprinkle with grated hard cheese and bake for another 10 minutes.
   

This hearty dish is best served hot.

There is another version of stuffed pumpkin, the composition of which is similar to Tatar gubadia, only without the use of minced meat.

1. Prepare the pumpkin pot as in the first recipe.
   
2. Cut the pulp, cleared of seeds, into small cubes and place in a “pot”.
   
3. Add boiled rice, raisins, nuts (cashews are best), dried apricots or prunes.
   
4. Mix the filling and add honey and confectionery spices to taste.
   Bake covered for half an hour, then leave the pumpkin to cool directly in the oven.
   

Pumpkin casserole is also an excellent dish, which goes perfectly with light salads and rice.

1. Melt 2 tbsp in a frying pan. spoons butter and fry finely chopped onion in them. When the onion acquires golden color, add a couple of tablespoons of premium flour to the pan and, stirring, fry for a couple more minutes.
   
2. Add a glass of milk to the onion and bring the mixture until thickened. The consistency should resemble pancake mixture.
   
3. Mix the sauce with a couple of mugs of pumpkin puree and a beaten egg.
   
4. Be sure to add a pinch of allspice - it will give the casserole a rich aroma.
   
5. Pour the ingredients mixed until smooth into a greased pan and bake at 200 degrees for 30-40 minutes. To obtain a crispy crust, the future casserole can be sprinkled with grated hard cheese; Parmesan is good for this purpose.
   

In addition to the above recipes, you can make thick healthy juice from pumpkin, a variety of cereals that are even given to infants, and much more. Lately Pumpkin is unfairly used only as a frightening decoration for Halloween, but it’s time to change traditions and take full advantage of all its beneficial properties.

Along with autumn, the time has come to collect golden and fragrant pumpkin fruits, which can serve as the basis for many amazing dishes. We decided to devote this article to how to cook pumpkin in the oven.

Stuffed pumpkin baked in the oven

The combination of cheese and pumpkin is considered one of the classics in modern cooking. Following the immortal classics, let's prepare several types of cheeses.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin – 1 pc. (approximately 1.5 kg);
• bread (crumb) – 120 g;
• cheese "Cheddar", "Ermental", "Gruyère" - only 150 g;
• garlic – 2 cloves;
• bacon - 4 strips;
• green onions - to taste;
• cream – 1/3 cup;
• nutmeg, salt, pepper - to taste.

Preparation

Before starting cooking, preheat the oven to 200 degrees, and grease the pumpkin baking dish with butter or cover with parchment.

Armed with a thin knife, and with extreme caution, cut off the “cap” from the pumpkin and clear the cavity of seeds. Rub the inside of the fruit with a mixture of salt and pepper.

Cut the bread crumb into cubes and fry in vegetable oil along with garlic and chopped strips of bacon. Cut the cheese into cubes and mix with fried bread and chopped green onions, season the filling if necessary.

Place the cheese and bread mixture into the peeled pumpkin and pour in cream. There should be enough cream to cover the filling without making it completely soggy. Now the pumpkin can be covered with a “hat” and put back in the oven for 2 hours, periodically checking for readiness. 20 minutes before the end of cooking, remove the “cap” from the pumpkin to evaporate excess moisture.

Pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven

For those who prefer faster and simple methods cooking pumpkin, we recommend trying a recipe for fragrant pumpkin in the oven, baked in pieces.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin (small) – 1 pc.;
• olive oil – 1 tbsp. spoon;
• salt - to taste;
• cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg (ground) - a pinch;
• sugar – 1 tbsp. spoon.

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Peel the pumpkin from the seeds and cut into slices 2-2.5 cm thick. Place the pumpkin slices on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and pour in olive oil.

In a separate bowl, mix all the spices and sprinkle them on the pumpkin slices. Now it's time to cook. How long to bake the pumpkin in the oven depends on your preference for the density of the pumpkin pulp; on average, for a soft pumpkin it is 20-25 minutes.

The prepared pumpkin dish in the oven can be eaten separately, or used as a spicy filling for baked goods.

Recipe for pumpkin pies in the oven

Ingredients:

• pumpkin pulp – 500 g;
• Cheddar cheese - 100 g;
• onions– 1 piece;
• tomato paste – 1 teaspoon;
• vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. spoons;
• eggs – 2 pcs.;
• puff pastry - 1 package;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

Preparation

We wash the pumpkin pulp, dry it and grate it on a coarse grater. Chop the onion.

In a frying pan heated with oil, first fry the onions for 5-7 minutes until soft, and then add the pumpkin. Fry the vegetables for another 10 minutes, season, add tomato paste and simmer over low heat for 7-10 minutes (without a lid).

Roll out the finished product on a surface sprinkled with flour and cut into squares with a side of 15 cm. Place a tablespoon of filling in the center of each square and wrap it so that you get a triangle, grease each triangle with beaten egg and send the pies to bake for 20 minutes at 200 degrees.

Before baking, you can sprinkle the pies with pumpkin seeds as a decoration.

Pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven is a tasty and healthy snack or side dish. This juicy orange vegetable contains minerals and amino acids such as iron, magnesium, copper, phosphorus, calcium, selenium, potassium, and folic acid. Therefore, pumpkin improves performance gastrointestinal tract, activates metabolism and strengthens the immune system.

Today I will tell you how to bake pumpkin in pieces in the oven according to my favorite recipe. Vegetables turn out juicy, slightly spicy and aromatic thanks to garlic. Baked pumpkin pieces can be served as a side dish to the main dish or added to salads and pasta.

Ingredients:

• 500 g pumpkin
• 2 cloves garlic
• salt to taste
• 0.5 tsp. black pepper
• 50 g butter
• 3 tbsp. l. olive oil

How to cook pumpkin in the oven:

Wash the pumpkin, remove the peel and seeds. The seeds can be washed, dried and then fried in a dry frying pan. Cut the pulp into pieces measuring approximately 2 by 2 centimeters, maybe a little larger.

Pour them into a baking dish. I have a ceramic one, you can also use a metal or heat-resistant glass form.

Drizzle the vegetables with olive oil. Evenly distribute pieces of butter, cut into small cubes, on top. Thanks to it, baked pumpkin will acquire a delicate creamy taste.

Salt and season the pumpkin pieces with black pepper for spiciness.

The preparatory stage is over. Now all that remains is to bake the pumpkin deliciously in the oven in pieces. First, preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place the dish with vegetables on intermediate level and bake the vegetables until soft for 20-30 minutes. There is no need to cover the vegetables with a lid or foil. Cooking time depends on the type of pumpkin and the size of the pieces. The larger they are, the longer it will take to cook.

10-15 minutes after we put the pan in the oven, take out the vegetables and carefully mix them with a spatula. This way they will bake evenly and brown on top. Put them back in the oven to finish cooking. Pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven will significantly reduce in size and release juice, so do not cut it too finely so as not to end up with pumpkin puree.

While the pumpkin is in the oven, peel and wash the garlic cloves. Let's pass the garlic through a press and sprinkle it on the finished pumpkin.

Decorate the dish with fresh herbs and serve. This pumpkin baked in the oven in pieces with garlic is delicious both warm and chilled.

Many housewives are interested in how to cook pumpkin in the oven deliciously and quickly? Perhaps the easiest way is to bake it in pieces. Salty, spicy or spicy pumpkin can be used as a side dish, while sweet pumpkin can be added to porridges, salads and baked goods.

The orange vegetable has a neutral taste, so it goes well with additives such as Provençal herbs, basil, rosemary, garlic and cheese. For desserts, sugar, honey, citrus fruits, apples or quinces, dried fruits, nuts, cinnamon and vanilla are usually used. The preparation is very simple, you need to cut the pumpkin, place it on a baking sheet and bake with the selected additives (or without them) at 180 degrees for 20 to 40 minutes, depending on the size of the pieces.

Adviсe

1. Best suited for baking late varieties vegetable, with bright orange and juicy pulp. Choose medium-sized fruits. Too large, as a rule, overripe; when baked, they may turn out to be tasteless and “wadding”.
2. To prevent the pieces from sticking to the baking sheet, bake on a sheet of parchment. Large pieces of pumpkin can be wrapped in foil, so they will cook faster and will not stick to anything.
3. If you cook in a baking dish, then pour a couple of tablespoons of water into it so that the liquid lightly covers the bottom, then the pumpkin will not burn and it will turn out juicy.
4. You can bake the vegetable either with or without the peel. In any case, first rinse the pumpkin thoroughly to remove all dirt from the surface, and only then cut it.
5. If the pieces on top begin to burn rapidly, cover them with a sheet of food foil.

Pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven with sugar

Baked Sugar Pumpkin - Easy easy recipe and a very tasty dessert that those with a sweet tooth will surely appreciate. Can be served with a cup of hot coffee or tea, or with milk porridge for breakfast. If you have dark or cane sugar, you can use it, it will turn out even tastier. You can add steamed raisins or half a glass of walnuts, crushed into crumbs.

Ingredients

• pumpkin pulp 300 g
• sugar 1 tbsp. l.
• flower honey 1-2 tbsp. l.
• lemon juice 2 tbsp. l.
• lemon zest 1 tsp.
• ground cinnamon 0.5 tsp.

How to cook sweet pumpkin in the oven

Pieces of baked pumpkin can be served separately or added to porridge, bon appetit!

Pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven as a side dish

Unsweetened pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven with salt and herbs is an excellent side dish for meat. It is imbued with the aromas of Italian herbs, with a slight aroma of garlic. Can be used as a base for salad, cream soup, bruschetta.

Total cooking time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Yield: 2-3 servings

Ingredients

• pumpkin with peel 400-500 g
• salt 2-3 chips.
• garlic 1 tooth.
• mixture of ground pepper 2 wood chips.
• vegetable oil 1-1.5 tbsp. l.
• mixture of Provencal herbs 0.5 tsp.
• pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds 1 tsp.

How to bake pumpkin slices in the oven

Can be served separately or as a side dish by cutting off the peel. Pairs excellently with goat cheese, basil and arugula in salads and appetizers, or with a light drizzle of honey for a contrast of flavors. Bon appetit!

Hi all. There is such a pattern: with the onset of cold weather, everyone remembers pumpkin. This behavior is not in vain, because pumpkin baked in the oven is the taste of summer, and imagine how delicious it is with honey, sugar, slices, whole and even stuffed. If you don’t yet know how to cook pumpkin in the oven, then I invite you to study delicious and simple recipes.

Many people say that they don’t like this vegetable and it doesn’t matter to them where it is cooked, in the oven, microwave or multicooker, without even knowing the recipes for how to deliciously bake pumpkin in the oven. This is an interesting story. Today I will devote an article to delicious pumpkin dishes in the oven and give some tips on what delicious things can be prepared from pumpkin.

And so, the most delicious dishes made from orange vegetables are pancakes, pancakes, puree soup, compote, jam, candied fruits, and how can you forget about porridge. Pumpkin porridge is very tasty and also healthy.

Pumpkin baked in the oven

Not many people know how to properly bake a pumpkin in the oven, and that there are recipes with sauerkraut, prunes, dried apricots, cinnamon, cottage cheese, lemon and even chocolate, even more so. There are many options and they are all interesting in their own way. I'll start with the simplest and most delicious recipe, this is pumpkin cooked in pieces in the oven.

Pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven

If you don’t know how to properly bake pumpkin in pieces in the oven, it’s better not to risk it and study the recipe; ignorance may cause the dish to lose its taste qualities and you will be left with only disappointment. For this option you will need:

• Regular pumpkin;
• 2 spoons of sugar;
• Water;
• Butter.

How to cook pumpkin in the oven

The orange vegetable should be peeled and all seeds removed, cut into squares or pieces, and placed on a baking dish. I usually make 5cm cubes. Pour water into the container where your pumpkin cubes are located so that it is 5 mm from the bottom. Sprinkle each piece granulated sugar and place a small piece of butter on top.

How long to bake pumpkin pieces

Baked pumpkin in the oven in pieces with sugar takes half an hour to prepare. It all depends on the type of vegetable and what size you made the cubes. Place the dish in a preheated oven, the temperature should not exceed 200 degrees. There is no need to cover the top with anything; do not place the pieces in foil or a sleeve, you will only ruin the pumpkin dish.
Before eating, pour the resulting juice over the pieces. How many minutes to bake pumpkin slices in the oven depends on the circumstances, just do not dry it out.

Pumpkin in the oven with honey

Have you ever eaten a whole pumpkin baked in the oven with meat? If not, then I’ll share a delicious recipe a little later, but for now we have a version with honey next.

Products:

• Medium sized pumpkin;
• Bee honey;
• A pinch of ginger, cinnamon and vanillin;
• A little butter.

How to deliciously cook pumpkin in the oven

The orange beauty must be washed from dust and dirt, peeled off the skin and cut into 1 centimeter pieces. Try to make the thickness the same so that your dish bakes evenly and evenly. Rub a baking dish with a cold piece of butter. Place the pumpkin on the surface, making a slight overlap.

Sprinkle ground ginger, cinnamon and only then vanilla on top. The final stage will be honey. If it is sugared, melt it and then pour honey over the pumpkin pieces. Cover the top with foil and place in the oven. It should already be heated to 180 degrees. This option cooks for half an hour, but the time may vary if you made the pieces thicker or, on the contrary, thinner. I check the pumpkin's readiness using a match or skewer.
I don’t know the calorie content of pumpkin baked in the oven with honey, but I can assure you that it’s delicious, look at the photo and you’ll understand everything yourself.

Vegetable whole baked in the oven

There are many ways to bake a whole pumpkin in the oven; it is stuffed with rice, millet, buckwheat, dried fruits, meat, minced meat and even pasta. Today I will tell you just one recipe, but it is very tasty; it will be pumpkin baked with rice in the oven.

Ingredients for this delicious dinner:

• Small pumpkin;
• You will need at least a glass of rice;
• A piece of butter;
• Some dried fruits;
• Fresh apples;
• To taste salt and sugar.

How to cook pumpkin with rice

We wash a small pumpkin under water, cut off the top with a knife and use a spoon to remove all the insides. Fill the rice with water and leave for five minutes. While the rice is standing in the water, mix your dried fruits with fresh apple cubes. Soak the rice in water to get rid of the sticky surface, and you can use any dried fruit for the pumpkin. I have some dried apricots, prunes and raisins.

In a cup or saucepan, mix rice, dried fruits, sugar and salt until evenly distributed. Place a few slices of butter on the bottom of the pumpkin, then pour in the mixed mixture. Do not fill the pumpkin to the top with rice, leave 5 centimeters to the edge. Place another piece of butter on top, pour milk or water and cover with the cut off lid.

Now we wrap our whole pumpkin in foil and put it in the oven to bake for an hour, while the temperature inside the cabinet should be no more than 220 degrees. After 40 minutes, I advise you to take out the dish and, slightly opening the foil, look at the readiness of the vegetable and rice, from this you can decide how long to bake your orange beauty in the oven.
We take the cooked pumpkin out of the oven, but I recommend removing the foil only after 15 minutes. Then the taste becomes rich and aromatic. Look how delicious the pumpkin stuffed with rice turned out.

Sweet pumpkin baked in pieces in the oven

This recipe is usually called differently, and it sounds like this - pumpkin with apples, baked in pieces in the oven. I simply call it very sweet or sweet pieces.

The oven baked pumpkin recipe consists of:

• Regular pumpkin;
• Sweet apples;
• Clean water;
• Half a lemon;
• Sahara.

Place pumpkin pieces in a baking container, sour apples on top and start preparing the syrup. Pumpkin syrup is prepared according to this principle: put water and sugar on the fire and wait until it is completely dissolved, then pour the heated water over our sweet pieces of pumpkin.

While the syrup is preparing, you need to turn on the oven and set temperature regime 180 degrees. Bake for at least half an hour; after this time, try piercing it with a match and checking its readiness.
Pumpkin with apples baked in the oven is ready. Bon appetit.

How to bake pumpkin in the oven in slices

Pumpkin slices prepared according to this recipe go well with a chicken dish and can be prepared for dinner or.

Ingredients for baking slices:

• Medium sized pumpkin;
• A few spoons of honey;
• A couple of tablespoons of olive oil;
• A small spoon of ground cinnamon;
• A little breadcrumbs.

Cut the pumpkins into slices; they will be shaped like watermelon slices. Let's prepare the sauce for this delicious pumpkin dish. Combine honey with cinnamon and olive oil, beat with a fork or whisk, then dip each slice in honey sauce and place on a baking sheet, sprinkle with breadcrumbs on top. Before laying out the pumpkin slices, grease the baking sheet with butter.

How long to bake it?

You need to bake such a tasty and beautiful dish until cooked, but not dry. Usually this takes no more than half an hour. The temperature should not exceed 180 degrees.

I think that the photos of baked pumpkin recipes have piqued your interest, and you will definitely try a new dish. Share recipes by clicking the buttons below the article social networks. Don't forget to mark delicious recipe and cook it on New Year's holidays.

Stuffed pumpkin baked in the oven

I would like to know your opinion, which recipe did you like best, pumpkin baked in the oven in pieces, slices, with honey or stuffed with rice. Perhaps you know other options and what delicious things can be made from pumpkin, I will also be glad to receive such reviews. Bon appetit! Nina Kuzmenko was with you!