Boiled pumpkin puree is a healthy and tasty addition to many dishes. Let's find out how to cook it. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Pumpkin is a popular and demanded vegetable in cooking. The pulp is tender and sweet, so it is suitable for preparing first courses, baking desserts and much more. Pumpkin is used in a variety of ways: raw, baked in the oven and fried in a pan. But most of all it is used as a puree. It can be added to any dish. Therefore, today we will consider a simple recipe for making a healthy pumpkin puree. It speeds up metabolism, cleanses the body, improves kidney function, and relieves bouts of nausea in pregnant women.
Of course, these days you can just buy ready-made pumpkin puree at the supermarket. However, many cannot use it due to the presence of all kinds of preservatives and additives. Therefore, it is better to do it yourself at home. Especially if there is a pumpkin grown with your own hands. Having prepared such a puree, it can be stored in the refrigerator for several days under a closed lid and used to prepare a variety of dishes when needed. In addition, it can be eaten as a separate dessert. To do this, you will need to add any sweeteners like honey, jam, dried fruits, etc. Focusing on your taste, you can add various spices to pumpkin puree: anise, cloves, ginger, cinnamon. This puree is very useful to give to children and the elderly. It is usually added to cereals.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 75 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
Pumpkin - any quantity
Step by step cooking pumpkin puree, recipe with photo:
1. Peel the pumpkin, remove the pulp and fibers. Cut it into cubes and place in a cooking pot. The size of the cubes may vary. This only affects the cooking time.
2. Fill the pumpkin with water until it is completely covered and place on the stove to cook. By the way, you can not pour out the liquid in which the pumpkin was cooked. On its basis, delicious pancakes will turn out, it can be used for soup, and just delicious to drink in its own form.
3. Boil water, put a lid on the pot, reduce heat to low and cook pumpkin until soft. Try the readiness by piercing with a fork or knife. The pulp should pierce easily.
4. Drain the pumpkin broth and place the pot with pumpkin on the stove to evaporate the moisture. Get a pusher or blender with a matching attachment.
5. Grind the pumpkin until smooth and smooth. Transfer the finished puree to a convenient container, close the lid and store in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
See also the video recipe on how to make pumpkin puree.
