The article provides some interesting recipes for frozen pumpkin dishes.
Cooking frozen pumpkin dishes at home is understandable for many housewives. From frozen pumpkin, you can cook everything that is prepared from fresh, the main thing is to defrost it first and squeeze out the water slightly. A tasty dish at any time of the year is guaranteed to you.
Pumpkin is not only a delicious orange vegetable, but also a very useful addition to a dish. Its pulp contains vitamins of groups B, A, E and K, which charge the whole body with health.
Before use, the pumpkin is washed, skinned, cut and seeds removed. The pulp is cut into pieces, then stewed, boiled, steamed, baked. The mellower and brighter the vegetable, the tastier the dish will turn out. In many recipes, fresh food can be substituted for frozen food.
Pumpkin is a seasonal vegetable, therefore, in order to enjoy its taste and be saturated with vitamins in winter, it is recommended to freeze it. This is done very simply. The fresh product is thoroughly washed and cleaned, then cut into arbitrary pieces (small), folded into a plastic bag and sent to the freezer of the refrigerator. When they need it, they take it out, defrost it and prepare various delicacies.
Frozen pumpkin cooks much faster than fresh vegetable. But the pieces from the freezer are not suitable for frying, as a lot of juice will be released during thawing.
So that the dish cooked using thawed pumpkin does not disappoint with either taste or color, it is recommended to listen to the following tips: fruits intended for freezing should be evenly colored, without spots, with a dry tail without signs of decay. Drying in the oven or blanching will help to make the pumpkin less watery (pieces in a colander are placed in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, allowed to drain, and then frozen). You can store frozen pumpkin in the freezer for up to 12 months.
Diet dish
The dietary dish is very tasty and easy to prepare. In the photo below, a frozen pumpkin diet dish looks like this:
1. Chop the onions and carrots. Place them in a saucepan and fry in butter.
2. Thaw the pumpkin. Next, peel it and cut it into small squares, as shown in the photo.
3. Throw the pumpkin into a pot of vegetables. Pour in broth. After boiling, reduce heat and cook for twenty minutes.
4. Chop the garlic. Mix it with sour cream and parsley. Season with salt and stir.
5. Add the ingredients to the soup. Next, remove the pan from the heat and use a blender to mash the soup.
6. Put the pan on the fire again. Bring the soup to a simmer over low heat. Add sour cream and serve.
Pumpkin porridge
… To prepare this dish, you need to take the following simple products:
Frozen pumpkin;
· Milk;
Salt;
· Sugar or honey;
Cinnamon;
· butter.
Heat milk in a saucepan, put pumpkin semi-finished product in it and add salt and spices to taste. When the pumpkin starts to boil under the influence of slow fire, you can turn off the oven, add butter and honey (sugar) to the porridge. Porridge from pumpkin harvested for the winter can be cooked with different cereals - semolina, rice or wheat groats. If you add jam, jam or sweet berries to it, you can get an unusual taste every time. The porridge will not become boring, and the body will always be able to receive additional nutrition with a variety of useful substances from frozen pumpkin.
Pumpkin with rice
We send defrosted pumpkin pieces (no more than 200 grams) to the pan along with chopped hot peppers, add chopped onions and cook until the latter is soft. This is followed by the turn of rice, stirring, wait until it absorbs all the liquid from the pan and pour in 50 ml of wine. We evaporate it. In a separate saucepan, heat or boil a liter and a half of broth (meat or vegetable - optional), add the ladle to the rice and wait until it is absorbed. So, you need to pour in a liter - one and a half. After that, add 50 grams of butter to the pan, a handful of grated cheese, you can Parmesan. Turn off the heat and cover with a lid. After 10 minutes, the dish can be served, the use of herbs, for example, parsley, will be relevant.
Pumpkin with tomato
Defrost a kilogram of frozen pumpkin, in the meantime, peel a couple of onions and a carrot, chop the first ingredient, the second three on a grater. We send them to stew on hot oil. After a couple of minutes, add chopped peppers to them (you can also sweet or hot ice cream). Add pumpkin and simmer under the lid for about 15 minutes, then put a couple of tablespoons of tomato puree, mix and leave for a couple of minutes. Add basil, oregano, or thyme if desired. They perfectly set off the taste of pumpkin. If you like a more satisfying meal, add a glass of rice and wait until it is ready.
Pumpkin with oatmeal
It is no secret that oatmeal is useful in any form, and in combination with fruits and pumpkin, it is a vitamin bomb that will not go unnoticed by the body.
So, boil a third of a glass of milk and so much water in a saucepan, add the defrosted pumpkin. Next, add three tablespoons of oatmeal and bring them to readiness. Using a blender, turn the mixture into a cream. Peel the apple and cut into small cubes, chop a handful of walnuts, soak a handful of raisins in hot water. Add all the ingredients to the cream, add ginger and cinnamon to taste, drip a little olive (linseed, pumpkin seed) oil and pour over with honey. Breakfast is ready.
Soup
Pumpkin is convenient because, due to the simplicity of execution, many dishes from it are available even to inexperienced housewives. It is not difficult to make soup from such a semi-finished product. You need to take:
· Frozen pumpkin;
· Onions and green onions;
· carrot;
Potatoes;
Lard (if desired);
Parsley;
· cream.
All products, with the exception of pumpkin prepared for freezing in advance, must be finely chopped. Dip in a saucepan, pour water and simmer for about half an hour. Add spices to taste, season with salt. Then grind the entire cooked mass with a blender, add cream to the pan. After the soup has boiled, cook for another five minutes. When serving, add croutons or fried bacon to the plates.
Pumpkin charlotte
And for a delicious and healthy dessert, we offer a pumpkin charlotte recipe: the dough is prepared like an ordinary charlotte: 3 chicken eggs, 1 tbsp. flour, 1 tbsp. granulated sugar, 1 tsp. baking powder for dough; put frozen or fresh pumpkin in pieces on the bottom of a baking dish lined with parchment, sprinkle with sugar to taste; the first layer is filled with dough and baked in an oven preheated to 180 °. Charlotte turns out to be tender, airy and very tasty! An interesting serving option - the finished cake turns over: the sunny pumpkin layer will become a real decoration of any festive table.
