You can cook various dishes from pumpkin with prunes, and not only desserts. All dishes, regardless of the recipe, combine an unusual taste and huge benefits. Hit on a healthy diet!
Pumpkin with prunes - the general principles of preparation
For dishes, it is better to use a ripe and juicy pumpkin. If it is intended for stuffing, then the size should be small, a maximum of 1.5-2 kg. Otherwise, the dish will not bake. For lumpy dishes, recipes usually indicate the amount of clean pulp without peel and seeds.
Pitted Prunes Used. Dried fruits are washed, soaked and, if necessary, cut into pieces. Then combine with a pumpkin. Not necessarily right away, maybe the product will be added in the process. Pumpkin with prunes can be fried or stewed on a stove. Often these products are baked in the oven in the form or in pots. To them add other dried fruits, nuts. There are many recipes for multicookers, which are also worth attention.
Roasted pumpkin with prunes and dried apricots
A recipe for a sweet and fragrant pumpkin dish with prunes and dried apricots. For frying, you can use ordinary butter or ghee.
Ingredients
• 250 g of pumpkin pulp;
• 50 g of oil;
• 100 g dried apricots;
• 100 g of prunes;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• a pinch of cinnamon.
Cooking
1. Cut the pumpkin into strips, but not too thin.
2. Put the oil in a frying pan, start heating.
3. Spread the pumpkin, fry over moderate heat for five minutes.
4. Dried apricots and prunes. Also cut into strips, but can be a little smaller. Spread to the pumpkin.
5. Fry all together in a pan until cooked.
6. Mix sugar with cinnamon, sprinkle on a dish.
7. Quickly stir with a spatula, hold the pan on the fire for another minute and immediately remove. Cool before serving. To brighten the taste, you can sprinkle the dish with lemon juice.
Pumpkin with prunes in the pots
Recipe for a delicious stewed pumpkin with prunes in the oven. If you need to reduce the calorie content of the dish, then the amount of vegetable oil can be reduced or cooked completely without fat.
Ingredients
• 0.5 kg of pumpkin;
• 3 tablespoons of oil;
• 160 g of prunes;
• 1 tsp grated lemon peel;
• 3 tablespoons of sugar;
• 20 ml of lemon juice.
Cooking
1. Rinse the prunes, pour hot water so that the liquid completely covers the product. Set aside for ten minutes.
2. Melt the butter.
3. Sugar mixed with lemon zest, you can add a little cinnamon to them.
4. Cut the pumpkin into small cubes. Sprinkle with lemon juice.
5. Remove the prunes from the liquid, cut into quarters.
6. We put prunes and pumpkin in pots, alternating layers. Sprinkle pumpkin each time with sugar and grated zest and lightly pour with melted butter.
7. The pumpkin should complete the assembly. Sprinkle the remaining oil on top. On the side, gently pour the liquid in which the prune was soaked.
8. Close the pots, put in the oven.
9. Cook the stew for 40 minutes. Set at 180 ° C.
Braised Pumpkin with Prunes and Honey
The recipe for a simple, but very healthy and tasty dish. It can be consumed cold or warm. If necessary, part of the honey can be replaced with sugar.
Ingredients
• 500 g pumpkin;
• 150 g of prunes;
• 60 g of honey;
• 30 g of oil;
• 1 pinch of cinnamon.
Cooking
1. Cut into slices a pumpkin, put in a pan.
2. Rinse the prunes, cut in half and add to the pumpkin.
3. Pour 3-4 tablespoons of water, add a piece of butter. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of the dish.
4. Close the pan with a lid, put on the stove. Stew the dish for 20-30 minutes until the pumpkin is soft.
5. Remove from the stove, open, cool to 70 degrees.
6. Water the pumpkin with honey, stir. If honey is added to a hot dish, then all the vitamins and nutrients of the product will die.
7. Put the dish in plates, cool if necessary.
Pumpkin jam with prunes and dried apricots
A variant of a very fragrant and bright dessert that can be prepared at any time, regardless of the season. In addition to pumpkins, prunes and dried apricots, you will also need a small lemon.
Ingredients
• 2 kg of pumpkin;
• 400 g dried apricots;
• 400 g of prunes;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 1 lemon.
Cooking
1. Cut the pumpkin into neat cubes. The recipe indicates the weight of pure pulp without a crust.
2. Add sugar to the pumpkin, leave for three hours to highlight the juice.
3. We wash dried apricots and prunes, cut into cubes.
4. Put the juicy pumpkin on the stove, bring to a boil. Remove the foam. We cook a treat for 20 minutes.
5. Add the dried fruits, cook for another ten minutes.
6. Rinse the lemon, remove the zest with a fine grater, toss in the jam. This can be done at any stage.
7. Lemon itself cut in half, squeeze the juice. Pour into jam.
8. Stir the delicacy well, boil for ten minutes and you're done!
9. If you need to keep the jam for a long time, it is better to put the sweet piece in sterile jars and seal it tightly. In other cases, the delicacy should simply be cooled and you can immediately eat or use it for desserts, pastries.
Pumpkin with prunes in the oven (whole)
For this dish you will need a small pumpkin, which also has a stable base. It is better to use dessert varieties with sweet pulp.
Ingredients
• 1 pumpkin;
• 150 g of prunes;
• 150 g of rice;
• 100 g of raisins;
• 150 g of orange juice;
• 2 g of cinnamon;
• 1 spoon races. oils;
• 2 tablespoons of honey;
• a pinch of zest.
Cooking
1. Cook the rice until almost ready, pour into a colander, leave to cool.
2. Rinse the prunes. Cut into slices, add to boiled rice.
3. We simply wash the raisins and also send them to the rice.
4. Add honey, zest of orange or lemon, season the fragrant filling with cinnamon, pour in a spoonful of oil and mix thoroughly.
5. Cut off the top of the pumpkin. We take out the contents.
6. Fill the vegetable with cooked minced meat.
7. Add the orange juice. You can take pineapple or apple, it will also be delicious. Bright drinks of red and pink are better not to use.
8. We rearrange the pumpkin in any shape, so that in case of which the sides keep it.
9. Put in the oven. Bake pumpkin for 40-60 minutes. Readiness check puncture pulp. It is important to pierce at the top so that the juice that escapes does not leak.
10. As soon as the pulp of the pumpkin is ready, we take the dish out of the oven. Cool a little, remove the lid and put rice with dried fruits in plates. Cut the pumpkin into slices, put it near the porridge.
Pumpkin with prunes and apples in a slow cooker
A wonderful dish of pumpkin with prunes, which is prepared without much difficulty in a slow cooker. Apples can be taken in any variety. But if their skin is tough, then it’s better to peel it.
Ingredients
• 400 g pumpkin;
• 2 apples;
• 120 g of prunes;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• 0.5 cups of water.
Cooking
1. Cut the peeled pumpkin pulp into small cubes. Immediately shift to a multicooker.
2. Rinse the prunes, move in quarters, send to the pumpkin.
3. Next, cut the apples. The pieces are about the same size as a pumpkin. We shift.
4. Add half the multicooker glass of water. Stir with a spatula.
5. Sprinkle the contents of the saucepan with sugar. Now you can not stir, let the sand be on top.
6. Close, turn on the quenching mode for half an hour.
7. Open, cool. Serve on plates, sprinkle with nuts or seeds, optionally pour liquid honey.
Pumpkin pilaf with prunes and dried apricots
Unsweetened pilaf recipe with an original taste. For the dish you will need the usual spices: zira, pepper, salt.
Ingredients
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 300 g pumpkin;
• a glass of rice;
• a handful of prunes;
• a handful of dried apricots;
• vegetable oil.
Cooking
1. Rinse the rice 5-7 times. Leave to soak in cold water.
2. Onions and carrots cut into strips, spread in a cauldron with heated oil. For a dish, 50-70 ml is enough. We start to fry.
3. Once the vegetables are lightly browned, add the sliced pumpkin. Fry together for about four minutes.
4. Add spices, warm.
5. Drain the rice, rinse again and transfer the cereal to the cauldron. Level the top layer.
6. Pour salted boiling water. The liquid should cover the products one centimeter.
7. Close the cauldron with a lid, quickly bring the dish to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer on the stove for 25 minutes. Turn off, insist for another half hour. Then you can open the cauldron, stir the pilaf and serve.
Pumpkin puree with prunes
The recipe for a simple smoothie with a good laxative effect. The dish can be consumed by children from 6 months of life.
Ingredients
• 200 g pumpkin;
• 100 g of prunes;
• 50 ml of water;
• 1 tsp Sahara.
Cooking
1. Rinse the prunes, soak, cut in half and pour into a saucepan.
2. Add water and sliced pumpkin.
3. Put on the stove, cook until soft.
4. Remove from heat. Wipe pieces of pumpkin and prunes through a sieve. Or grind it with a blender.
5. Bring mashed potatoes to the desired consistency with a decoction from the pan.
6. Add sugar to taste.
7. For long-term storage, the mashed potatoes need to be boiled again, put into jars (we use sterile containers), rolled up with lids.
Pumpkin with prunes - useful tips and tricks
• Many recipes need to soak dried fruit. But if they are moist and soft, then this is not necessary, just wash the product thoroughly.
• If the pumpkin was frozen, then the vegetable will cook much faster. Thaw the product before extinguishing. Before baking in the oven, it is better to defrost, drain the excess liquid.
• If suddenly the pumpkin dish turned out to be fresh and does not have a pronounced taste, spices will help. Usually used spices, lemon juice, can be added to the dish of sour berries.
