Pumpkin Baked in the Oven Chunks

Pumpkin is one of the most useful products, but not everyone knows what to cook from it except pumpkin porridge. Very tasty pumpkin, baked in the oven pieces. This dish has many variations. Prepare it more often for dessert, but there are recipes prepared in this way the second dish.

Cooking Features

Pumpkin pieces baked in the oven is simple, you just need to take into account a few features.

For roasting, it is better to take a pumpkin of medium size: a large one will be prepared for too long and it will turn out fibrous, while the small one will often be under-grown. In addition, there are varieties of small pumpkins grown for decorative, not food purposes. Between pumpkins with a flesh of pale color and bright orange, it is better to give preference to the one that has a more saturated color: its taste and aroma will also be more saturated.
A pumpkin is cooked long enough. Therefore, even if it is cut into medium-sized pieces, most often in a container where it is baked, it is necessary to add liquid. Over-pouring the water is not necessary, otherwise the finished pumpkin will be watery and unpleasant to the taste.
Baking time depends on the size of the pieces and the variety. If the pieces have a width of not more than one and a half centimeters, then it usually takes an hour to bake them. But nevertheless, before taking the dish out of the oven, its readiness is recommended to be checked with the help of a fork: if the pumpkin is soft, then it is ready, and if it is stiff, let it stand still in the oven.

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

Pumpkin Baked in the Oven with Sugar Pieces

Calorie dishes: 797 kcal, per 100 g: 84 kcal.

Composition:

pumpkin - 0, 8 kg;
granulated sugar - 50 g;
butter - 50 g;
water - 50 ml.

Method of preparation:

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.
Pumpkin pulp cut into pieces, the width of which is about 1-1.5 cm, and the length of the other sides - 5-7 cm. That is, flat rectangles should turn out.
Place pumpkin pieces in a baking tray in such a way that their height is the narrowest side.
Pour water into the pan.
Sprinkle pumpkin pieces with sugar.
Put a piece of butter on top of each piece of pumpkin.
Place the baking dish in the oven for 30 minutes. Cook at a temperature of about 200 degrees.

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

Pumpkin Baked in an Oven Pie with Apples and Nuts

Caloric content of the dish: 751 kcal, per 100 g: 100 kcal.

Composition:

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

Method of preparation:

Pumpkin pulp cut into cubes no more than a centimeter.
Cut the apples. Apple pieces should be approximately the same shape and size as pumpkin.
Mix the pumpkin and apple pieces. Put this mixture on a baking sheet, on which you first need to pour water.
Sprinkle the fruit and vegetable mixture with sugar and send to 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 is soft.
While the pumpkin is cooking, chop the walnut kernels — you will need to sprinkle the finished dish. You can chop nuts with a knife or use a coffee grinder to facilitate the process.

This simple dessert looks pretty elegant. In addition, it has a delicate flavor. 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.

Pumpkin baked in the oven with lemon and honey

Calorie dishes: 814 kcal, per 100 g: 100 kcal.

Composition:

pumpkin - 0, 6 kg;
water - 100 ml;
honey - 35 g;
vegetable oil - 50 ml;
lemon juice - 10 ml;
sugar - 20 g.

Method of preparation:

Wash, peel and peel the pumpkin, cut into 1, 5-2 cm cubes.
Dissolve honey in warm water, pour lemon juice and oil into it, stir well.
Fold the pumpkin pieces into a mold, fill them with the resulting syrup, trying to make it fall on all the pieces evenly.
Place the form in an oven heated 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 squeezed tea, coffee.

Pumpkin with bacon, baked in the oven in slices

Caloric content of the dish: 3554 kcal, per 100 g: 175 kcal.

Composition:

pumpkin - 1 kg;
bacon - 0, 2 kg;
chicken broth - 125 ml;
chicken eggs - 3 pcs .;
garlic - 1 clove;
bulb onion - 100 g;
hard cheese - 100 g;
breadcrumbs - 100 g;
spaghetti - 150 g;
olive oil - 80 ml;
thyme - 10 g;
salt, pepper - to taste.

Method of preparation:

Boil the spaghetti, rinse them and mix with a spoonful of butter.
Cut the washed and peeled pumpkin into small square pieces (approximately 1 cm or even slightly smaller).
Peel the onion, cut into small pieces.
Finely chop the garlic with a knife.
Cut the bacon into thin slices.
Cheese finely grate.
Heat two tablespoons of butter in a pan, put the onion in it and fry it until it has a nice golden color.
Place the pumpkin and garlic pieces on the onion, fry everything together until the pumpkin pieces are reddened on all sides.
Pour broth into the pan, cover with a lid. Stew the pumpkin until soft.
Put the pumpkin in a large mixing bowl, pour the rest of the broth into it.
Beat eggs, add salt, pepper, mix with spaghetti.
Add the eggs with spaghetti in a bowl to the pumpkin, mix well.
Grease the baking mold with the remaining butter. Put the resulting mixture into it. Sprinkle with thyme and breadcrumbs.
Put the bacon slices on top, sprinkle with cheese.
Place in the oven and bake at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until the cheese has melted and become an appetizing shade.

The dish is not only hearty and tasty, but also very beautiful. This casserole of pumpkin slices with spaghetti and bacon will not be ashamed to serve for the festive table. This is a complete main dish that does not require any additions.

Pumpkin, in the oven with slices: a recipe from a photo

Composition:

fresh pumpkin - 0.5 kg;
butter for lubrication;
granulated sugar to taste

Servings Per Container: 4

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Cooking method:

1. We select a ripe piece of pumpkin, wash it thoroughly under running water and dry it with a paper towel. Then we cut off a piece of the necessary mass, clean out the unnecessary superficial pulp along with the seeds.