Top 5 recipes for pumpkin dishes that we prepare every fall

If you don't like pumpkin, you may be cooking the wrong things with it. The orange beauty has many faces. It makes delicious desserts, pies, soups, and side dishes. We present to your attention a selection of the most popular recipes for pumpkin dishes - hits of autumn 2020.

Pumpkin in sour cream sauce

Possibly the best pumpkin side dish ever. It tastes like potatoes. At the same time, the calorie content of the dish is 3 times less.

Recipe:

1. First, let's prepare the sauce. Mix a glass of sour cream with a bunch of finely chopped herbs (parsley, dill) and 3 chopped garlic cloves. Add 0.5–1 teaspoon of paprika and ground black pepper to taste.
2. Now let's get to the pumpkin. Peel it and cut it into medium cubes or cubes (like baking potatoes). In total you will need 500 g of pumpkin. Fry in a small amount of oil over high heat. Once a golden crust has formed, move on to the next step.
3. Add the prepared sour cream sauce to the pumpkin in the frying pan. Mix everything well and reduce heat. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, and then add 2 tbsp. spoons of water and salt to taste.
4. Cover the pumpkin in sour cream sauce with a lid. After 5 minutes of stewing, the dish can be served.

In the company of garlic and salt, pumpkin loses its specificity, and sour cream makes it very piquant and juicy.

Pumpkin manna

Incredibly bright, tender and delicious pie. It is prepared quickly and simply. Eggs, flour and butter are not needed.

Minimum ingredients:

• 300 g pumpkin;
• 1 lemon (zest and juice);
• 250 ml kefir;
• 125 ml water;
• 350 g sugar;
• 270 g semolina;
• 2 hoursspoons of baking powder.

How to prepare pumpkin manna:

1. We grate the vegetable - be sure to use a fine grater, otherwise the pie will not turn out as airy as it should be.
2. Combine grated pumpkin, kefir, semolina, 100 g of sugar, baking powder. Grate the lemon zest there.
3. Mix and immediately pour into the mold. In this recipe, you do not need to wait for the semolina to swell.
4. Place in the oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 45 minutes.
5. At this time, prepare the syrup for soaking the pumpkin pie. Mix the remaining sugar (150 g), 125 ml of water, lemon juice. Bring to a boil and then cook for 3 minutes.
6. Check the readiness of the pie with a toothpick. If ready, pour syrup over it while it is hot. We wait 30–45 minutes until the cake is soaked.

Pumpkin manna is especially tasty the day after preparation. Try to resist eating it all at once.

Pumpkin porridge

It's hard to imagine autumn without delicious pumpkin porridge. Fragrant, nutritious, it brings back memories of childhood.

To make the dish as tasty as grandma’s, use the following recipe:

1. Rinse 700 g of rice thoroughly (until the water becomes clear).
2. Pour 2 liters of boiling water over the rice, cover with a lid and leave for 40–50 minutes.
3. While the rice grains are swelling, peel and cut into cubes 2 kg of pumpkin.
4. Place the pumpkin cubes in a thick-bottomed bowl and add 1.5 liters of water.
5. Simmer over low heat for 40 minutes, keeping an eye on it and stirring occasionally.
6. Add 0.5–1 teaspoon of salt and 3–5 tbsp. spoon of sugar, mix.
7. Crush with a masher.
8. Drain the rice and rinse again.
9. Add to pumpkin.
10. Simmer covered for 15 minutes.
11. Add 150 g butter.
12. Leave the porridge covered for another 10 minutes.

You can eat. Bon appetit!

Pumpkin soup

The taste of the finished dish is quite unexpected - rich, bright, vegetable. For many, pumpkin soup becomes a pleasant autumn discovery.

Recipe:

1. Let the vegetable broth simmer: place the onion and celery stalk in salted boiling water.
2. Place a thick-bottomed saucepan on the fire and pour in 50 ml of olive oil.
3. While the oil is heating up, cut the onion, 200 g of carrots and 400 g of pumpkin into large cubes.
4. Fry the onion until transparent.
5. Add carrots to the onions. Simmer for 5 minutes without covering the pan with a lid.
6. Add pumpkin. Cover with a lid and simmer until soft (10–15 minutes).
7. Pour in the boiling broth. It should barely cover the vegetables.
8. Cover the soup with a lid and cook for another 15 minutes.
9. At this time, cut a small block of pumpkin into thin strips and fry in oil until it turns into chips.
10. Puree the soup with a blender, add salt to taste. Add more broth if necessary.
11. Divide the pumpkin soup into bowls and garnish with pumpkin chips.

Pumpkin with meat in the oven

You can prepare the dish with any meat: beef, pork, chicken, turkey... The pumpkin is soaked in meat juice and becomes surprisingly tasty.

Recipe:

1. Cut 500 g of pork neck into portions.
2. Cut 500 g of pumpkin into large pieces the size of your thumb.
3. Cut a large onion into half rings.
4. Prepare marinade from 2 tbsp. tablespoons mayonnaise (olive oil), 0.5–1 teaspoon salt, 0.5 teaspoon paprika, 0.5 teaspoon ground cardamom, 0.5 teaspoon allspice, 0.5 teaspoon cumin .
5. Mix the marinade with meat and onions.
6. Place on a baking sheet lined with foil.
7. Place the pumpkin between the pieces of meat and drizzle with olive oil.
8. Bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.

Questions and answers

What spices go best with pumpkin?

The best spices for pumpkin are 4: cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg. They are part of Pumpkin Pie Spice, a seasoning very popular in the West. It is used for both sweet and savory dishes. Savory, black pepper, turmeric, coriander, cardamom, chili pepper, and mint are additionally added to soups and side dishes. With seasonings and spices, the vegetable takes on a completely new taste.

Which pumpkin is the healthiest and tastiest?

The key to a delicious dish is the right pumpkin. First of all, it must be ripe, with a dry tail. For sweet dishes, the elongated butternut squash is considered the best. It should be consumed immediately. The longer it sits, the less sweet it becomes. For side dishes, soups and meat dishes, choose the hard-barked variety. It can be recognized by its very hard skin, ovoid shape and star-shaped stalk.

Pumpkin is a unique vegetable. It is not only a symbol of autumn and Halloween, but also a valuable source of nutrients. It contains a lot of fiber, vitamin A, and potassium. With a low calorie content, pumpkin dishes satisfy the feeling of hunger well. With regular use, the functioning of the stomach and intestines improves, and excess fluid is removed from the body. Cooking the vegetable is simple. Bake the pumpkin, fry, boil, stew. Combine with meat or fruit. Add to omelettes, pancake batter, and cookies. The dishes will acquire an attractive yellow color and at the same time become healthier.