Pumpkin is one of the most healthy and vibrant autumn fruits. Due to the high content of vitamins and minerals, it has long been included in the list of healthy vegetables. It successfully combines with almost all products. And the presence of vitamin T makes it just the perfect side dish for fatty meats.

Also an important advantage of this fruit is its low calorie content, only 28 kcal per 100 grams. Therefore, it is often recommended for children and people who are watching overweight. In addition, she has a rather long shelf life. This allows us to eat it fresh in the long winter and early spring. So, she perfectly diversifies the Lenten menu in Lent.

The manufacturing process is simple and will not cause even a novice housewife much trouble. Many are of the opinion that only desserts are made from pumpkin. But it is so versatile that it is great for making cereals, soups, hot dishes. It is very important to choose the right pumpkin. It should be medium in size with bright orange flesh. In this version, it will be with a rich sweet taste. The most common and gentle way is baking in the oven. So retain all its valuable properties.

In my article, I bring to your attention several recipes for this autumn beauty. And both as a dessert, and as a main dish.

Pumpkin stuffed with apples and honey, baked whole in the oven

We will need:

• Average pumpkin (whole) - 3 kg
• Apples - 5-6 pcs.
• Honey - 350-400 g
• Carnations - Two Inflorescences
• Cinnamon - two sticks

At a clean pumpkin, cut off the lid, free it from the insides. In apples, cut the core, cut into 6-8 parts.

Prepared apples are placed in a pumpkin vessel to the very top, because during the baking process, they evaporate and decrease by a third. Top with honey. Cover with a lid. Lubricate the fruit with vegetable oil so that it does not burn during baking.

Cover the baking dish with parchment. We spread the stuffed fruit on parchment and send it to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 50-60 minutes, depending on size.

We check readiness with a toothpick. The crust has become easy to pierce - done. We take out a baking sheet from the oven, let the dessert cool completely. Before serving, transfer the contents along with pumpkin pulp to a serving dish.

A simple pumpkin recipe, baked in slices in the oven

For one serving, we will need:

• Pumpkin Slices - 350 g
• Sugar - 1 tbsp
• Cinnamon - 2 g (optional)
• Lemon - 1 pc.
• Honey to taste

Put the prepared pumpkin slices on a baking tray and sprinkle with sugar. Stir so that the sugar is evenly distributed. Now we send it to the oven, heated to 180 degrees, for 25 minutes.

We take out the baking sheet from the cabinet and lightly sprinkle the softened pieces with cinnamon. The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise cinnamon will give a bitter taste, and we only need aroma.

Rub the zest of one lemon on top with a fine grater, squeeze the juice of a whole lemon here. Again, remove the pan in the preheated oven for another 20 minutes.

After the baking time, we take out the baking sheet from the oven. Pieces of caramelized pumpkin are laid on a serving dish. Before serving, pour fresh honey on the table.

Very tasty, sweet pumpkin, baked in the oven with sugar

We will need:

• Garden pumpkin - 1 kg
• Sugar - sand - 200 g
• Butter - 50 g

My pumpkin, cut off the skin. We shred the bars about 5 cm in size.

Roll each bar in sugar and place in a baking dish covered with foil or parchment. On each bar put butter, about half a teaspoon.

We put the form in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees. Bake for 30 minutes. Ready pumpkin sticks are moved to a dish and serve. You can use such a dessert in cold and in hot form.

Cook the pumpkin slices in the oven with honey, lemon and nuts

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin - 300-400 g
• Sugar - 2 tbsp.
• Lemon - 1 pc.
• Natural honey - 3 tbsp
• Walnuts - 50 g

We free the pumpkin from the peel and viscera. We cut into small pieces, 2-3 cm in size.

We take a lemon, peel. Cut the lemon pulp in the same slices. We fall asleep with sugar. Add honey.

In a deep container, mix the components. We heat the oven to 180 degrees, bake for 30 minutes.

While the dessert is baking, fry a walnut in a hot pan. Then grind with a knife or in a mortar.

We take out the finished dessert from the oven, transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Serving such a dessert can be both cold and hot.

How to cook pumpkin in the oven with meat

Ingredients:

• Small pumpkin
• Meat (any) 400 - 500 g
• Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs.
• Onion - 2 heads
• Tomatoes - 2 pcs.
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Before black ground - 0.5 tsp
• Table salt - to taste
• Vegetable oil for frying
• Greens for decoration

My pepper, cleanse from seeds, shred straw. Peel the carrots, rub on a coarse grater. The head of the peeled onion is divided into 4 parts and cut into strips. My tomatoes, scald with boiling water, remove the skin and chop into small cubes. We chop the meat with medium cubes.

We put the frying pan on fire, heat vegetable oil on it and fry the meat until half cooked over medium heat, stirring constantly. Then add the onion, continue to fry until the onion is soft. Now send the carrots and peppers to the pan. Continue to fry until cooked. Then salt, pepper to taste, mix well.

Take a pumpkin, my. Cut the top, it will play the role of a cover. Using a spoon, we free the inside of the seeds and fibers. Coat the surface of the fruit with vegetable oil so that it does not burn during frying.

We stuff the fried meat with vegetables. Cover with a pumpkin lid. We put on a baking sheet, pour water into it. The temperature in the oven is set at 180 degrees, set to bake for 1-1.5 hours. The baking time depends on the size of the fruit and the power of the oven.

Guided by the crust, as soon as it became easy to pierce with a toothpick - it is ready. Can be removed from the oven. Before serving, transfer the filling along with the pulp to the dish.

Baked pumpkin stuffed with meat, potatoes, mushrooms, baked in the oven

Ingredients:

• Garden pumpkin - 2 small or 1 medium
• Meat (any) - 0.5 kg
• Potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
• Onion - 2 heads
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Celery - 1 pc.
• Fresh mushrooms (we have champignons) - 0.5 kg
• Table salt - to taste
• Black pepper hammers, hot - to taste
• Paprika - optional
• Nutmeg - optional
• Bay leaf - 2 leaves

Pumpkins wash well. We cut off the top, which will play the role of the cap. Free the fruits from the insides. It is important that the pumpkins stand evenly during baking, so if necessary, cut the bottom so that the fruit is stable.

We cut the meat in medium sized pieces. Grate pure carrots on a coarse grater or cut into small cubes. We clean the onion, chop finely. Champignons shred the middle cube. We clean the potatoes and shred the cube. Celery is not coarsely chopped.

In a pan, heat the oil, briefly fry the meat pieces so that they turn white. We do not need it to be completely ready. We need it to fry in hot oil, but still be juicy inside.

After a couple of minutes, add onions, carrots, fry for 2-3 minutes. Now add the celery, mushrooms, potatoes. Mix well.

Add half a glass of boiled water, seasoning, salt, mix thoroughly and pour the potatoes. Simmer the mixture for a couple of minutes and remove from heat.

We stuff our pumpkin pots with the resulting mixture. The liquid that was formed during the stew is poured equally into each pumpkin. Lubricate with sour cream on top. Cover with lids.

So that during the baking process they do not fall, you can fix them with toothpicks. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, send the pan for about 1 hour, then set the temperature to 130 degrees and simmer for another 30 minutes.

We check readiness with a fork, as soon as the skin has become soft and easily pierced - done. We get the pumpkins out of the oven, transfer the filling to the dish along with the pulp.

Pumpkin recipe video with rice - Azerbaijani pilaf in a pumpkin in the oven

I bring to your attention a video recipe for making baked pumpkin with rice and fruit. Here you will consider in detail the whole process of creating this delicious dish.

Bon Appetit!

Trying to serve the dish in an original way, skillful chefs when baking dishes in the oven often replace whole pots with pumpkins. An interesting presentation causes delight, and there is no need to talk about the taste of the fillings. You can stuff an unusual pot with anything! They make porridge in a pumpkin, stew meat and vegetables, make casseroles and sweet desserts.

Among the fillings, sweet fillers are leading. These are apples, raisins, prunes, dried apricots and other fruits. Often in recipes there are nuts, honey.

The filler of the “pot” can be cereals: millet, buckwheat, rice. Meat-eaters will appreciate the addition of chicken, beef, any minced meat.

Tip: for baking, choose a small or medium sized pumpkin.

Pumpkin baked whole with rice and meat in foil

A hearty meal, a great alternative to any rice dish for dinner. The family will be delighted with the unusual pot of vegetables and meat.

Would need:

• Rice is a glass.
• Pumpkin.
• Meat (chicken, beef) - 800 gr.
• Onions - 2-3 pcs.
• Bell pepper.
• A tomato.
• Carrot.
• Garlic to taste.
• A bunch of lettuce, dill, parsley, salt, pepper.
• Sunflower oil.

Step by step cooking:

1. Boil the rice until half cooked the day before. Drain excess broth.
2. Divide the meat into cubes, I advise you not to make large sizes to cook at the same time as vegetables and rice.
3. Fry in a pan in oil also until almost done.
4. At a clean pumpkin, cut off the top by making a cap. Remove the seed part, being careful not to touch the walls of the vegetable. If the pumpkin is thick-walled, scrape out part of the pulp, leaving the walls at least 1-1.5 centimeters thick. Do not throw out the cut pulp, about a third of it we will need in the filling.
5. Lubricate the pot with sunflower oil from the inside, grease the upper part. Salt inside, and a little outside.
6. Cut into a small cube tomato, onion. Chop the carrots and peppers. Peel the garlic, do not cut, in this dish it is used whole. Crush the greens.
7. Send the onions to the heated oil, after a couple of minutes the carrots. Fry together for 3-4 minutes. Lay down pepper, tomatoes, plus a third of the pulp of the pumpkin that we received when we scraped the pot. Salt immediately, sprinkle with pepper, mix. Put out a few minutes.
8. The filling in the pot is laid out in layers. The priority is: rice, fried vegetables, followed by meat, rice again. There will be a place, repeat layers. The border of the filling is 1.5 cm to the top.
9. Sprinkle a little water, then top up if necessary. Cover the pumpkin with the cut out lid.
10. Spread foil on a baking sheet. It will take 2 sheets, laid out crosswise.
11. Put a pot. Carefully wrap with foil, fasten with a toothpick. The baking temperature is 180-200 ° C. The baking time is 1-1.5 hours.

Oven baked whole pumpkin with potatoes and meat in the oven

Take any meat, I advise chicken, it bakes faster. The dish turns out dietary, incredibly fragrant and satisfying. Find out another wonderful one on another page of the site.

You will need:

• Pumpkin.
• Chicken fillet - 300 gr.
• Mushrooms (champignons) - 200 gr.
• Potato tubers - 300 gr.
• Large onion.
• Sour cream - 200 ml.
• Cloves of garlic - a couple of pieces.
• Salt, pepper, oil, bay leaf.

How to cook:

1. Wash and dry the pumpkin. Cut the crown, remove the seeds with pulp. Make sure that the walls remain thick and intact.
2. Chop the chicken fillet, fry until golden brown. Put out of the pan, in the remaining oil, pass the onion cubes with mushrooms, sliced \u200b\u200bplates.
3. Potatoes need to be boiled a little beforehand. 10 minutes after boiling, drain the broth, sprinkle with pepper.
4. We collect a pot: a layer of half a potato, then comes the chicken. Following mushrooms with onions, and the top of the remaining potatoes.
5. Pour in a little water, covering the bottom layer of potatoes.
6. Make a sour cream pouring, mixing sour cream with garlic crushed in a press. Add to the pumpkin, cover with a cut off lid.
7. The temperature in the oven should be about 180-190 ° C, the cooking time is 1 hour.

Whole Pumpkin Stuffed with Rice and Dried Fruits

A sweet option for making whole pumpkin. If you are planning to bake in the summer, replace dried fruits with fresh berries and fruits in any combination.

Take:

• Pumpkin.
• Rice - 3 large spoons.
• Raisins are a handful.
• Pitted prunes - 5-7 pcs.
• Pumpkin pulp - 3 tablespoons.
• Honey is a small spoon.
• Salt, butter.

How to cook:

1. Steam dried fruits with boiling water for 10 minutes.
2. Boil rice groats in salted water until half-cooked, drain excess broth, cool.
3. Cut the lid off the vegetable, carefully select the middle part.
4. Rub a little pulp on a grater with small cells. Stew in a small saucepan, splashing a little water.
5. Mix boiled rice with dried fruits (chop prunes into plates). Add honey, stewed pumpkin pulp. Stir the filling.
6. Stuff the pot, close the lid. Bake at 180 ° C for 45-50 minutes.

How to bake a whole sweet pumpkin with honey

And with nuts, cinnamon - a real feast for the sweet tooth. The recipe is suitable for a children's holiday, it can become a "chip" of the table. I have some more wonderful recipes, come in, I'll be glad.

• Pumpkin.
• Nuts (almonds, walnuts) - 200 gr.
• Honey - 170 gr.
• Ground cinnamon - a pinch.
• Lemon juice - a spoon.

How to do:

1. Take a small pumpkin, wash, cut off the crown. Remove seeds, pulp.
2. Dry the nuts in a dry frying pan, crush into small crumbs (in a mortar, blender).
3. Add the nut crumbs to honey, send cinnamon and lemon juice there. Stir the mass.
4. Start with pumpkin, cover. Place in the oven at 180 ° C for 30 minutes. After the time has passed, keep the dish in the oven for another 10 minutes.

Oven-Baked Pumpkin Recipe

Baked pumpkin recipes can not be counted, I chose with oriental flavor, adapting to Chinese cuisine.

Would need:

• Pumpkin.
• Any minced meat - 400-500 gr.
• Onion - a couple of pieces.
• Soy sauce is a big spoon.
• Ground ginger - a pinch.
• Starch - Art. a spoon.
• Sesame oil - a spoon.
• Salt.

How to cook:

1. Prepare the pumpkin for work by washing, cutting off the lid and scraping from the inside.
2. Pour soya sauce, diluted with a little water, starch and sesame oil into the minced meat.
3. Add finely crushed onion. Sprinkle ginger and salt. Stir the filling.
4. Stuff the pumpkin, close the lid. Dip in the oven at 180-200 o C. Baking time 1-1.5 hours.

Whole baked pumpkin with millet

From a whole pumpkin stuffed with millet, you can cook a number of hearty dishes with meat. Today I offer a dessert version of baking in the oven. for a festive serving, you can add a handful of nuts or seeds.

Prepare:

• Pumpkin.
• Raisins, dried apricots - 200 gr.
• Millet - 1.5 cups.
• Sugar - 4 large spoons.

How to cook:

1. Rinse millet, cook with sugar until half cooked. Shortly before cooking, add raisins and chopped dried apricots.
2. Cut the lid off the vegetable, gut the inside, removing the seeds and pulp.
3. Lay almost ready millet porridge.
4. Close the lid, bake in the oven at a temperature of 180 ° C. For cooking, 20-30 minutes are enough.

Video recipe with a step-by-step story about baking pumpkin in the oven. May it always be delicious!

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Judge for yourself: there is more carotene (vitamin A) than in carrots (this is why its bright orange color is caused), and the list of other useful substances that make up its composition takes several pages. There are B vitamins, potassium, iron, zinc and a bunch of everything else. The use of pumpkin has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, liver and gastrointestinal tract. Improves the condition of hair and skin. It is approved for use with gastritis and ulcers.

Calorie pumpkin is only 26 kcal / 100 g, which allows it to be attributed to dietary products.

At the same time, it grows in almost all summer residents and gardeners, and after maturation it can be stored without problems anywhere under the bed for up to six months.

And you can cook from it a bunch of all kinds of different things, here you and, and even.

This time we will bake it in the oven. And here, too, a huge number of options. If you want, bake it in slices, or you want to bake it whole, after stuffing it with vegetables or meat. There are many ways and I will try to show the main ones so that the principle itself is clear. Well, then turn on your imagination and experiment.

  Oven-baked pumpkin recipes

Let's start by making pumpkin slices. So faster and easier. You don’t have to spend time scrubbing seeds through a small hole and carefully monitor the baking mode.

Pumpkin baked in slices is the easiest option, which simply cannot fail.

  Baked pumpkin with honey: fast and tasty

Let's start with the most popular recipe. This popularity consists of several factors:

• Easy cooking
• Diet
• Awesome taste

For cooking, you will need pumpkin, honey and a little olive oil.

There is no exact amount of ingredients in the recipe, since it all depends on how much vegetable you are going to cook.

Cooking:

1. Peel the pumpkin from the peel and seeds and cut into slices, like a melon.

2. Lay the slices on a baking sheet or in a baking dish and grease them on both sides with honey. It is most convenient to use a silicone brush for this.

If desired, grate a little nutmeg on top.

3. Sprinkle the pumpkin with olive oil, cover with foil and send to the oven, preheated to 200 degrees for 30 minutes.

4. After 30 minutes, remove the foil and bake for another 10 minutes so that the pumpkin is browned.

Done. We spread the slices on a plate and decorate with sunflower, pumpkin or sesame seeds.

Bon Appetit!

  Baked recipe with sugar, honey and cinnamon

Add flavor to the previous recipe by adding cinnamon and orange to it. It will turn out a very interesting and delicious dessert.

Ingredients:

• 900 g pumpkin
• 1 medium orange
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of honey
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar

Cooking:

1. We clean the pumpkin, cut it into cubes 3-4 cm in size and put it in a baking dish.

2. Cut the orange in half and squeeze the juice.

3. Water the pumpkin juice, add honey, cinnamon, regular and vanilla sugar to the form. Mix everything well.

4. Cover the mold with foil and send to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees for 1 hour.

Done. Bon Appetit!

  Video on how to bake pumpkin with apples

And one more option of pumpkin dessert, before we move on to more hearty lunch dishes. I offer it in the form of a short informative video.

  Baked pumpkin with vegetables

Well, now we will bake pumpkin as a main dish or side dish. A small sweetness characteristic of this vegetable will give a special interesting taste to the rest of the vegetables caught in the assortment. Potatoes and tomatoes are used in this recipe.

Pumpkin can be baked absolutely with any vegetables: zucchini, potatoes, peppers and so on. In any case, it will be very tasty.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 medium pumpkin
• 2-3 potatoes
• 2 medium tomatoes
• Salt and spices to taste
• Vegetable oil

Cooking:

1. All vegetables are cut into large slices. This is especially important for tomatoes, as if they are cut finely, they will lose their juiciness during baking.

We spread the vegetables on a baking sheet, add 3-4 tablespoons of vegetable oil, salt and spices (this can be red and black pepper, thyme, Provence herbs, etc.) and mix everything thoroughly.

2. Send the pan to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees for 30 minutes.

That's all. Done. Bon Appetit!

  How to cook pumpkin with meat in the sleeve

But if you bake a pumpkin immediately with meat, you get a wholesome hearty and tasty dish. Be sure to try it, its taste is beyond words.

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin - 500 g
• Pork ham - 400 g
• Potato - 3 pcs.
• Zucchini - 2 pcs.
• Seasoning for pork
• Provencal herbs
• Salt to taste
• Greenery

Cooking:

1. Pork chopped into small pieces, salt, add spices, mix thoroughly and send in the refrigerator for 40 minutes to marinate.

2. Zucchini and pumpkin cut into large enough pieces so that they do not fall apart during baking. Cut potatoes into classic slices.

3. And now in layers we collect the ingredients in the sleeve. The first layer will be potatoes. You need to put it in a bag and lay it out inside with a thin layer.

4. Then the meat. It must be evenly spread over the potatoes.

Both vegetables need to be slightly salted and pepper before laying.

6. Tie the bag from both ends, make a pair of holes with a toothpick on top (if they were not made in the bag by the manufacturer) and send the resulting candy, laying it on a baking sheet, in the oven, heated to 180 degrees.

Bake for 1 hour.

Done. Bon Appetit!

  Pumpkin slices in foil from Julia Vysotskaya

And another cool version of pumpkin roasting is in foil. I propose to see how it cooks Julia Vysotskaya.

  Cooking whole pumpkin in the oven

And now we have come to recipes in which pumpkin is used not only as an ingredient, but also as a pot in which products are prepared. It is very beautiful and comfortable. It is clear that in this case she alone cannot do, she needs a filling.

And in this role completely different ingredients can play: sweet dried fruits, tender cottage cheese or juicy meat.

I offer you some interesting ideas on how to stuff this sunny vegetable.

  Pumpkin Stuffed with Rice and Apples

This cooking method can add variety to your diet porridge. In fact, this is rice porridge with pumpkin in a very original version.

Ingredients:

• Whole pumpkin - 2.5 kg
• Apples - 2 pcs.
• Rice (semi-finished) - 1.5 cups
• Raisins - 100 g
• Honey - 2 tablespoons
• Butter - 50 g
• Salt - a pinch
• Vegetable oil

Cooking:

1. Most of the time will be spent on the preparation of pumpkins. From it you need to make a pot and this is done in 2 stages.

First you need to cut off the top (about a quarter of the height), then cut the middle with a knife.

And spoon out the middle, removing all the seeds.

2. At the second stage, we again cut the circle with a knife, stepping back a couple of centimeters from the peel.

And again we arm ourselves with a spoon and scrape out the flesh.

We don’t throw out the pulp, it will go to the filling.

3. Combine and mix the diced apples, pumpkin pulp, raisins and semi-finished rice.

To boil rice until half cooked, you need to rinse it, pour it into a saucepan, pour water so that it is 1 cm higher than rice and cook on medium heat exactly until the liquid on the rice surface ceases to be visible. Residual water merges.

To prepare 1.5 cups of semi-finished rice, you need half a glass of dry.

Then add a pinch of salt, honey and mix everything thoroughly.

4. With the finished filling, we stuff the pumpkin, put the butter on top and cover the pumpkin, cut off earlier, with a quarter.

5. Knead a piece of butter in your hands, oil the pumpkin on the outside with oil hands, put it on a baking sheet and put it in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees for 1.5-2 hours until cooked.

6. Readiness is checked with a knife. If the "skin" is easily pierced, then the dish is ready.

Bon Appetit!

  Small pumpkin baked with cottage cheese and raisins

If you have not been able to fully understand the method of "emptying" the pumpkin, then I suggest you consider it in more detail in the video, where the curd filling with raisins is prepared.

  Baked pumpkin in the oven with meat and vegetables

Well, the last recipe for today, which you just can't help but mention, is meat with vegetables and in pumpkin pots. Awesome dish that will turn a regular meal into a gourmet lunch or dinner, like in a restaurant.

Ingredients:

• Small pumpkin weighing about 1 kg
• Meat - 400 g
• Carrots - 1 pc.
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Sweet pepper - 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil for frying
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Bay leaf - 2 pcs.

You can take any meat: it can be pork and chicken and beef. Only beef will have to cook longer.

Cooking:

1. Turn the pumpkin into a pot, removing seeds and part of the pulp so that the wall thickness is 1.5-2 cm.

2. Cut the meat and vegetables into small cubes.

3. Fry meat and vegetables in different pans. We put the meat in a pan with vegetable oil and fry over medium heat until half cooked, stirring occasionally.

At the same time, fry the onion in a vegetable oil in another pan, wait until it becomes translucent, add the carrots and fry for another 5-7 minutes, until it softens, and then send the same bell peppers, tomatoes and garlic.

You do not need to chop the garlic, put it with whole cloves for flavor.

4. After 10-12 minutes of frying, combine the meat and vegetables in one pan, add a couple of a pinch of salt, a pinch of pepper and a bay leaf, mix, fry for another 5 minutes, so that the ingredients are saturated with each other's aromas and the filling is ready.

5. Lubricate the pumpkin pot with vegetable oil, put it on a baking sheet or in a baking dish and fill it with filling.

6. Put the pan in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees for 1.5 hours.

Ready roast can be served both in a pot and separately, laid out in a plate. But then you first need to get the filling, and then remove the layer of pumpkin pulp from the inside of the pot and add it to the filling.

Bon Appetit!

In total, I got 9 very different, but very tasty recipes.

I hope that I managed to convince you that the healthy can be very tasty.

And for today I have everything, thanks for your attention.

Pumpkin is one of the most healthy foods, but not everyone knows what to make from it except pumpkin porridge. It turns out very tasty pumpkin baked in the oven slices. This dish has many variations. They cook it more often for dessert, but there are recipes for a second course cooked in this way.

Cooking features

Pumpkin slices baked in the oven simply, you just need to consider several features.

• For baking, it is better to take a medium-sized pumpkin: a large one will be cooked for too long and it will turn out fibrous, while a small one is often not young. In addition, there are varieties of small pumpkins grown for decorative rather than food purposes. Between pumpkins with pale flesh and bright orange, it is better to give preference to one that has a more saturated color: the taste and aroma of it will also be more saturated.
• Cooking pumpkin for a long time. Therefore, even if it is cut into small pieces, most often it is necessary to add liquid to the container where it is baked. You do not need to pour excessively water, otherwise the finished pumpkin will turn out to be watery and unpleasant in taste.
• Pumpkin baking time depends on the size of the pieces and variety. If the pieces have a width of no more than one and a half centimeters, then it usually takes an hour to bake them. But still, before removing the dish from the oven, it is recommended to check its readiness with a fork: if the pumpkin is soft, then it is ready, and if it is harsh, you need to let it stand in the oven.

Some of the subtleties of cooking pumpkin in the oven in slices depend on the recipe.

Sliced \u200b\u200bpumpkin in the oven with sugar slices

• pumpkin - 0.8 kg;
• granulated sugar - 50 g;
• butter - 50 g;
• water - 50 ml.

Cooking method:

• Wash the pumpkin, cut off its tail. Cut the pumpkin in half and remove the seeds. Rinse and dry the seeds - they are also tasty and healthy, although they will not be required to prepare dishes according to this recipe.
• Cut the pulp of the pumpkin into pieces whose width is about 1–1.5 cm and the length of the other sides is 5–7 cm. That is, you should get flat rectangles.
• Put the pieces of pumpkin in the baking tray so that they are the narrowest side in height.
• Pour water into the pan.
• Sprinkle slices of pumpkin with sugar.
• Place a piece of butter on top of each piece of pumpkin.
• Put the baking dish in the oven for 30 minutes. Cook at about 200 degrees.

This is the easiest recipe for cooking pumpkin slices in the oven. It can be improved a little by sprinkling pieces of pumpkin when cooking not only with sugar, but also with cinnamon. This will give the dish a unique warm flavor. Serving pumpkin cooked according to this recipe is best with milk or cocoa, although coffee and tea are also suitable. To make the pumpkin juicier, pour it with the syrup remaining in the baking dish after removing the pumpkin slices from it.

Oven-baked pumpkin with apples and nuts

• pumpkin - 0, 3 kg;
• apples - 0.3 kg;
• sugar - 50 g;
• walnuts - 50 g;
• water - 50 ml.

Cooking method:

• Cut the pulp of a pumpkin into cubes no more than a centimeter.
• Cut the apples. Apple slices should be about the same shape and size as pumpkin slices.
• Mix pieces of pumpkin and apple. Put this mixture on a baking sheet, on which you first need to pour water.
• Sprinkle the fruit and vegetable mixture with sugar and put in the preheated oven for 30–40 minutes. Cooking time depends on the pumpkin variety and the size of the pieces. The degree of readiness of the dish is also determined by it: the dessert is ready when the pumpkin becomes soft.
• While the pumpkin is cooking, chop the walnut kernels - they will need to sprinkle the finished dish. You can chop nuts with a knife or use it to facilitate the process with a coffee grinder.

This simple dessert looks pretty elegant. In addition, it has a delicate taste. This dish is served cold. If you sprinkle it with granular cottage cheese, it will look even more appetizing, and its satiety and benefits will increase.

Oven baked pumpkin with lemon and honey

• pumpkin - 0.6 kg;
• water - 100 ml;
• honey - 35 g;
• vegetable oil - 50 ml;
• lemon juice - 10 ml;
• sugar - 20 g.

Cooking method:

• Wash, peel and peel the pumpkin, cut into cubes 1.5–2 cm in size.
• Dilute honey in warm water, pour lemon juice and oil into it, stir well.
• Fold the pumpkin slices into a mold, fill them with the resulting syrup, trying to get it into all the slices evenly.
• Place the mold in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 40 minutes.
• Take out. Sprinkle with sugar and return to the oven. Bake another 20 minutes.

This fragrant, tasty and very healthy dessert can be eaten just like that or with tea, coffee.

Baked pumpkin with bacon in the oven

• pumpkin - 1 kg;
• bacon - 0.2 kg;
• chicken broth - 125 ml;
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• onions - 100 g;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• breadcrumbs - 100 g;
• spaghetti - 150 g;
• olive oil - 80 ml;
• thyme - 10 g;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

• Boil the spaghetti, rinse them and mix with a spoonful of oil.
• Cut the washed and peeled pumpkin into small square pieces (about 1 cm or even a little less).
• Peel the onion, cut into small pieces.
• Chop the garlic finely with a knife.
• Cut the bacon into thin slices.
• Finely grate the cheese.
• In a frying pan, heat two tablespoons of oil, put onions in it and fry it until a pleasant golden color.
• Put onion slices of pumpkin and garlic, fry all together until the slices of pumpkin are browned on all sides.
• Pour the broth into the pan, cover it with a lid. Stew the pumpkin until it is soft.
• Put the pumpkin in a large mixing bowl, pour the remaining broth into it.
• Beat eggs, salt, pepper, mix with spaghetti.
• Add the eggs with spaghetti in a bowl to the pumpkin, mix well.
• Grease the baking dish with the remaining oil. Put the resulting mixture in it. Sprinkle everything with thyme and breadcrumbs.
• Put slices of bacon on top, sprinkle with cheese.
• Put in the oven and bake at a temperature of 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until the cheese is melted and acquires an appetizing shade.

The dish turns out not only hearty and tasty, but also very beautiful. This casserole of pumpkin slices with spaghetti and bacon will not be ashamed to serve the festive table. This is a full-fledged second course that does not require any additions.

Many legends and myths are associated with a pumpkin. In Laos, there is a tradition that a magic bird warned the family about the impending Flood. People hid in a large pumpkin, and thanks to this they were saved. When the water left, the seeds were planted in the ground, and from the fruits, instead of seeds, people grew.

Recently, pumpkin dishes have begun to cook less. And in vain, this is a pantry of useful substances for the normal functioning of the body. The positive effect of the miracle vegetable:

• Improves a metabolism.
• Removes toxins and toxins.
• Improves the work of the cardiovascular system.
• Expels excess water.
• Improves the functioning of the nervous system.
• It works as a prophylactic against the formation of cancer cells.
• Improves visual acuity.
• Normalizes pressure.
• Prevents urolithiasis.
• Improves skin condition.

Pumpkin cooked in the oven is considered a dietary product - low-calorie, but satisfying.

Baking preparation

Baking is the best way to get delicious diet foods and preserve nutrients.

Which vegetable is better to choose?

There are a large number of pumpkin varieties. When choosing, you must adhere to these rules:

• A round or oval shaped fruit is best suited. The optimal weight is 3-5 kg.
• The tail should be dry, preferably whole.
• Cut pumpkin is not worth buying.
• The color of the pulp should be bright yellow, orange. Then the content of vitamin A will be maximum.
• The peel is intact, dense and smooth.
• To determine the ripeness, you need to press on the skin with a fingernail, if not sold, the vegetable has finished.

Varieties suitable for food:

• Nutmeg.
• Hard bark (regular, spaghetti pumpkin).
• Large-fruited.

How to bake pumpkin in the oven in slices

To make the dishes tasty and healthy, you must follow some baking rules:

• Peel the peel before baking. It easily separates afterwards, and saturates the dish with aroma.
• The time it takes to prepare can be determined by the thickness of the slices. If 2 cm, bake for 60 minutes. Thinner - faster, thicker - longer.
• You can check the readiness by piercing with a fork, if soft, then ready.
• During baking, a little water should be added.
• The optimum temperature is 200 ° C.

How to bake spaghetti pumpkin

An amazing kind of pumpkin is spaghetti. After cooking, it breaks down into fibers similar to pasta. Great for preparing many dishes. To bake it, you need:

1. Preheat oven to 180-200 ° C.
2. To prevent the vegetable from bursting during cooking, pierce it several times.
3. Pour some water into the pan.
4. Bake for 40-60 minutes.
5. Remove from the oven, cool slightly.
6. Cut, remove seeds.
7. Separate the fibers from the peel.
8. Put in the dishes.
9. Before serving, add oil, salt, pepper.

Great for this variety of mozzarella and basil.

Pumpkin Slices with Sugar

Pumpkin has an amazing ability: its taste depends on what ingredients to cook it with. It can be salty, spicy or sweet.

• raisins,
• sugar,
• pears
• fruit pilaf
• apples
• berries
• dried fruits.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of pumpkin;
• 60 g of sugar;
• some salt;
• 50 ml of vegetable or butter.

Cooking Technology:

1. Prepare the oven by heating to 200 ° C.
2. Peel the pumpkin, cut into slices.
3. Mix sugar and salt, sprinkle the vegetable on top. With this combination, salt will enhance the sweetness of sugar.
4. Sprinkle oil on top.
5. Add ¼ cup of water to the oven. To avoid burning from above, it is necessary to cover the container with food foil.
6. The baking time is approximately 40-60 minutes.

Such a recipe is considered dietary. If you need a sweeter option, you need to increase the amount of sugar.

Video recipe

Honey and Apple Recipe

Recipe number 1

Ingredients:

• 0.4 kg of pumpkin;
• 0.5 kg of apples;
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon;
• 40 g of walnuts;
• 2 tablespoons of honey.

Cooking:

1. Peel the apples, sour or sweet-sour, remove the core, cut into 2x2 pieces.
2. Cut the pumpkin without the skin into slices similar to apples or a little thinner.
3. In the prepared form with foil, spread the fruit, add 2 tablespoons of water.
4. In a preheated oven up to 200 ° C place the pan for 20 minutes.
5. Remove form, sprinkle cinnamon on top.
6. Lay a layer of apples.
7. Bake another 20-25 minutes.
8. Allow to cool slightly, put in portioned plates, pour over honey, sprinkle with nuts. The dish is ready to eat.

Other recipes are possible in this:

• with apples and raisins;
• with honey;
• with apples and quince;
• with apples and walnuts.

Recipe number 2

Ingredients:

• 0.5 kg of pumpkin;
• 0.2 kg of apples;
• 0.5 cups of water;
• 0.2 kg of honey.

Cooking:

1. Peel the apples and cut into slices.
2. Peel the vegetable, cut like apples, but a little thinner.
3. Lay on a baking sheet, pour honey and water.
4. Place in a preheated oven and bake at 180 ° C for about 2 hours.
5. When serving, you can sprinkle icing sugar on the table.

Pumpkin with meat for the second

Baked pumpkin in the oven without sugar is suitable as a side dish for meat or fish, which can be consumed both hot and chilled.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 kg of pumpkin;
• 40 ml of vegetable oil;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• salt;
• a mixture of peppers;
• take greens to taste.

Cooking:

1. Peel the fruit, cut into small cubes.
2. Combine chopped garlic, salt, spices.
3. Stir with slices of pumpkin.
4. Put in the prepared form, add a little water.
5. Place in a preheated oven to 180-200 ° C for 30-40 minutes.

Bake a delicious pumpkin whole

Classic recipe

To bake whole, you need to pick up a small fruit so that it is cooked evenly. Washed vegetable is pierced, placed in a mold and in the oven. It will be baked for about an hour.

With apples and raisins

There are many baking options with apples in general. But you should remember the rules that apply to all recipes:

• Vegetables cook slower than fruits, so it is better to choose apples of hard varieties.
• We need a ripe fruit of sweet varieties with orange pulp.
• The degree of readiness is determined by piercing with a knife or fork. If the fruit is soft, the dish is ready, everything was baked inside.
• Lemon juice is suitable for pumpkin and apple compositions.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 kg of pumpkin;
• 0.5 kg of apples;
• 100 g of raisins;
• 30 g butter;
• 80 g sour cream;
• 50 g of walnuts;
• 2-3 g of cinnamon;
• sugar to taste.

Cooking:

1. At the pumpkin, cut off the top, remove the seeds, pulp.
2. Remove the core from apples and cut into cubes.
3. Fry the apples in a pan in butter. Moisture should evaporate slightly.
4. Rinse and dry raisins.
5. Chop the nuts.
6. Mix raisins, nuts, cinnamon, fill the vegetable with filling.
7. Mix sour cream with sugar and pour into the fruit.
8. The filled pumpkin is closed with a pumpkin cap and placed in the oven.
9. It will take about 1 hour to cook at a temperature of 200 ° C. If the peel is firm, hold in the oven for another 20-30 minutes.

For effect, it is better to put the whole dish on the table, cutting it in place.

Stuffed pumpkin

Pumpkin can be stuffed using different fillings:

• Rice with apples, dried apricots, raisins, cherry plum.
• Meat with onions.
• Cheese with cream and herbs.
• Meat, potatoes, mushrooms.
• Rice with meat, chicken, lamb.
• Cereals: rice, millet.
• Dried fruits.
• Nuts.
• Buckwheat with pork.