Pumpkin is unique, it contains a huge amount of vitamins, minerals, fiber, various trace elements that are important for life. Therefore, a very correct decision is to cook dishes from this vegetable as often as possible. Pumpkin makes it possible to diversify the diet, because you can not only stew or cook porridge, but also use it in baked goods and various vegetable mixes.
Pumpkin muffin
To prepare a fragrant pumpkin dessert, you will need:
- flour - 2 glasses;
- ground allspice - ½ tsp;
- sugar - 1 glass;
- ground cinnamon - ½ tsp;
- ground cloves - ½ teaspoon;
- pumpkin puree - 1 glass;
- eggs - 2 pieces; - salt - ½ teaspoon;
- chopped nuts (peanuts) - ½ cup;
- dried fruits (raisins or dried apricots) - ½ cup;
- vegetable oil - ½ cup;
- baking powder - 1, 5 tsp;
- ground nutmeg - ½ tsp.
To prepare the dough, sift the flour, add baking powder, salt and all the ground spices, mix the ingredients well.
Beat eggs with sugar and vegetable oil separately, you can use a mixer for this. Add pumpkin puree to the egg mass, mix and combine with the flour composition, add chopped nuts and dried fruits, mix the dough until smooth.
Pour the finished dough into an oiled muffin pan and place in a preheated oven. The temperature for pumpkin cake should not be higher than 180 ° C, baking time - 1 hour. The amount of ingredients is given for 6 servings.
"Sun" - cold cuts with pumpkin
Pumpkin goes well with any meat dishes, it successfully complements and brings some piquancy with its delicate sweet taste. To prepare a cold cuts with pumpkin, you will need the following ingredients:
- pumpkin - 1.5 kg;
- pork - 300 grams;
- beef - 300 grams;
- chicken (fillet) - 200 grams;
- ginger root - 2 slices;
- soy sauce - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- dry red wine - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- water - 1 glass;
- green onions - a bunch;
- peppercorns - to taste;
- vegetable oil.
Rinse pork, beef and chicken fillets, remove films and chop into small pieces. Cut the pumpkin in half, free it from seeds and internal fibers, cut the skin and cut it into cubes. If the fruit is still tender, the skin can be left on.
In a deep frying pan, heat 2 tablespoons of oil, peel a piece of ginger and cut it into thin slices with a vegetable cutter, fry until a tender crust forms in heated oil, then add the chopped pork and beef meat to the pan, stir, and then pour in the wine.
Stew the meat until tender, add pumpkin cubes to the pan, stir, add a glass of warmed water, season the dish with soy sauce and peas, cover the pan with a lid and continue simmering for 6-7 minutes. Then remove the lid and let the platter simmer for another 5 minutes. Decorate the finished meat platter with pumpkin with chopped herbs, serve hot
