Diet baking is wonderful in that you can not give up the use of your favorite confectionery in order to maintain harmony, or during diets. After all, it can be both tasty and healthy, and not high in calories at the same time.
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Pumpkin baked goods are a prime example of a dietary approach. it is a healthy dietary product, from which it is used as the basis for many different dishes, from pies to side dishes. I note that in this recipe, in the summer season, the pumpkin can be safely replaced with zucchini, but then you will need to add one more egg. Such muffins will turn out, of course, not sweet, but also tasty, and they can be served as a second, or as a side dish with sour cream-mustard sauce.
As for this recipe, these pumpkin muffins are the most delicate dessert that just melts in your mouth. In addition to pumpkin, there is no more flour or semolina, only bran. The smell and taste of pumpkin, which not everyone loves, is masked by orange peel, and sugar is replaced with honey. Well, what could be tastier, and most importantly healthier, with a diet? However, I note that in order for the pumpkin desserts to be tasty, you should first of all learn how to choose it. Firstly, you should give preference to pumpkin from 3 to 5 kg. Secondly, its skin should be dense, smooth and free of damage. Thirdly, the brighter its pulp, the tastier the vegetable will be. And also buy an always ripe product - a ripe pumpkin has a dry and dark tail.
These muffins can be served by garnishing with powdered sugar, chocolate chips, or pouring some icing. And due to the high content of the rarest vitamin T in this vegetable, it can deservedly be called the best dessert. Since it is this vitamin that promotes better absorption of heavy foods, which prevents obesity.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 90 kcal.
- Servings - 10
- Cooking time - 1 hour
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin - 500 g
- Orange - 1 pc.
- Egg - 2 pcs.
- Honey - 2 tablespoons or to taste (if you are allergic to bee products, replace honey with sugar or jam)
- Wheat bran - 3-4 tablespoons
- Baking soda - 1 tsp without slide
- Salt - a pinch
Making Diet Pumpkin Cakes Without Flour
1. Peel the pumpkin, wash and place in a cooking pot.
2. Fill the pumpkin with drinking water and cook on the stove.
3. Cook it over low heat after simmering, covered for about 20 minutes. After that, drain all the water, for this it can be transferred in a sieve. Then push it with a crush.
4. You should have a smooth pumpkin puree. Let it cool to room temperature.
5. Break the eggs and carefully separate the white from the yolk. Put the yolk in a bowl, in which you will further knead the dough.
6. Beat the yolk with a mixer at high speed until a fluffy airy foam is formed.
7. Add cooled pumpkin puree and bran to a bowl. By the way, bran can be used not only wheat, oat, linseed, rye are also suitable …
8. Wash the orange, dry and grate its zest. If you wish, you can squeeze juice out of it into the dough, then there will be more citrus notes in the muffins.
9. Put honey, a pinch of salt and baking soda.
10. Knead the dough until smooth. Its consistency should be very liquid, like yogurt.
11. Now beat the egg whites into a tight, firm foam. To do this, use dry, clean whisks, chilled eggs and first beat them at a slow speed, gradually increasing to maximum.
12. Add the whipped egg whites to the dough.
13. With a few movements, carefully so that the proteins do not settle, mix them into the dough.
14. Fill the molds with dough. If the molds are silicone or paper inserts are used, then they can not be lubricated with anything, and the iron molds must be pre-lubricated with butter or vegetable oil.
15. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes. Then let them cool well. Remove from the mold, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
See also a video recipe on how to make pumpkin pie.