Baked pumpkin with honey is a wonderful dessert for your morning cup of coffee, which is not only tasty, but also very healthy.
Content:
- The benefits of dessert
- Which pumpkin to choose
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Many children, and adults too, are sweet tooth, who are not averse to eating something sweet and tasty. But not all purchased sweets are healthy, so I propose to take care of your health and prepare delicious treats for your relatives from natural products. Today I am sharing with you an unusually delicious recipe - baked pumpkin in the oven with honey and lemon juice. This dessert is extraordinarily tasty, it has a moderate sweetness, which is diluted by the piquant acidity of the citrus fruit.
The benefits of pumpkin dessert with honey
This dessert is prepared at the same time from healthy and natural products: pumpkin, lemon and honey, which in the range give our body energy, strength, health and benefits.
So, for example, the queen of autumn - pumpkin, normalizes digestion, promotes weight loss, relieves all kinds of ailments, heals wounds and burns, and reduces the risk of cancer. Honey is also just as useful, it helps to heal the stomach, protect yourself from colds, get rid of wrinkles and conceive a child. Lemon, in turn, is the main source of vitamin C, which is very important for strengthening the immune system, especially in the autumn-winter period. Therefore, take note of this dessert, cook it and get not only pleasure from food, but also benefit.
Which pumpkin to choose?
When choosing a pumpkin, remember that not all pumpkin varieties are good. The best fruits are round, medium in size, because they are much sweeter. Its peel should be smooth and dense, without damage and spots, bright orange saturated color. The pulp is firm, firm and fleshy. A good pumpkin should weigh about 3-5 kg.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 52 kcal.
- Servings - 300 g
- Cooking time - 50 minutes
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin - 300 g
- Lemon - 1 pc.
- Honey - 3 tsp
- Ground cinnamon - 0.5 tsp
Cooking baked pumpkin with honey
1. Cut off the necessary part of the pumpkin, peel and cut into slices about 5-7 mm thick. If you have an incised fruit, remember that it will not be stored for a long time. It must be used within a week, otherwise it will start to deteriorate.
2. Wash the lemon, cut it in half and squeeze the juice out of it.
3. Put honey and ground cinnamon in a container with lemon juice.
4. Stir the sauce well.
5. Line a baking sheet with parchment and place the pumpkin slices on it, pour over the honey-lemon sauce. Heat the oven to 200 degrees and send the delicacy to bake for 40 minutes. Then serve it to the table. It can be consumed both hot and cold.
See also the video recipe: Sweet pumpkin with honey and cinnamon in the oven.
