Pumpkin cinnamon casserole is juicy and incredibly tasty, a bit like pumpkin pie, but, unlike pie, it is more tender and just melts in your mouth! This is the perfect recipe for sweet pastries for a family with children. As a rule, kids do not like pumpkin very much, but to eat sweetie is never against it. Sweet pumpkin casserole is a delicious and healthy dessert, which, moreover, is prepared very simply and quickly.
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Pumpkin pulp for casserole should be prepared in advance. There are three ways, choose the one that suits you best:
- Peeled pumpkin can be boiled in salt water.
- Steam or microwave oven.
- Bake in the oven, wrapped in several layers of parchment and foil.
Any method is suitable, as long as the slices are soft, they can be easily mashed.
- Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Servings: 8-10
Ingredients for Pumpkin Cinnamon Casserole
- 400 g cooked pumpkin pulp;
- 2 eggs;
- 150 grams of sugar;
- 50 ml of olive oil;
- 150 g of flour;
- 50 g of semolina;
- 1 teaspoon baking powder;
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon;
- 1/3 of nutmeg;
- icing sugar, salt;
- 1 tablespoon of butter;
- sour cream and pumpkin marmalade for serving.
Method of cooking pumpkin casserole with cinnamon
Prepared pumpkin (boiled, baked) cool to room temperature, put the slices in the bowl of a blender.
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Puree vegetables, pour fine sugar. The amount of sugar can be reduced or increased: the more sugar, the more crumbly will be the structure of the casserole.
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Next, add a pinch of fine salt to balance the sweet taste and break up two large fresh eggs or three small ones.
Beat liquid ingredients for 3-4 minutes, then pour flour, semolina, baking powder and ground cinnamon. We rub nutmeg. In addition, you can add 2 pounded cloves, 2 boxes of cardamom and a little ground turmeric to enhance the bright yellow color.
Now, pour the first-quality high-quality olive oil or add melted and cooled melted oil.
Mix the ingredients thoroughly. The result is a smooth homogeneous dough without lumps. We leave it for 20 minutes, in the meantime we heat the oven to 170 degrees.
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The form with a non-stick coating is greased with butter and sprinkled with flour, pour the dough for the casserole into the form.
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Cooking a casserole in a water bath. In a large baking tray we put the form with a casserole, put everything in a preheated oven. Pour hot water into a large baking sheet so that it reaches about 1/2 of the casserole. Cook 45 minutes.
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Cut the pumpkin casserole into portions, sprinkle with powdered sugar and ground cinnamon.
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Serve pumpkin casserole with cinnamon on the table with sour cream and pumpkin marmalade. Very tasty cooked pumpkin marmalade with ginger and lemon - just delicious! Enjoy your meal.
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A couple of tips for those who are preparing a large pumpkin casserole. If there is no need, you do not need to immediately process the whole huge vegetable:
- cut into cubes, put into packages and freeze;
- bake in the oven or microwave, turn into mashed potatoes and also freeze. From frozen mashed potatoes it is easy to cook a delicious pumpkin cream soup;
- make quick and tasty pumpkin marmalade with ginger and lemon.