Roasted pumpkin is an incredible culinary delight, loved by people of all ages.
In fact, pumpkin gives many opportunities for cooks to include it in their recipes, but it should be borne in mind that not every type of pumpkin works for every type of dish. 3 types of pumpkins are known:
- Common zucchini - it ripens late in spring and early summer - is a small fruit with a cylindrical shape and a very fragile and tender fleshy part;
- Large white pumpkin - it has a hard skin and a fragrant interior;
- Butternut Squash - it is more commonly known as a butternut squash, with a brown skin and a darker soft interior.
Given the small amount of proteins and fats and the larger amount of sugars represented by sucrose and glucose, pumpkin is very suitable for desserts as well as for sweet pastries.
What goes well with pumpkin
To the ideas about the use of pumpkin in cooking, the explanation should be added that it does not have a strong aroma and therefore it is good to be flavored with stronger spices.
Pumpkin tolerates ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, lemon juice and also garlic, paprika and curry. They are strong spices, which add an unexpected and unique taste to the well-known fruit.
What to cook with pumpkin
Since this fruit tolerates various heat treatments, it can be used for various pumpkin dishes.
- Steamed pumpkin - very good for active sports people, no sweetener is needed;
- Roasted pumpkin - the possibilities for it are many: to sweeten it with honey or sugar, with milk, eggs, sugar and vanilla and others;
- Pureed pumpkin - made into a puree and with suitable spices such as garlic, curry or lemon juice, pumpkin is suitable for garnishing fattier dishes;
- For making soups - Pumpkin Cream Soup is extremely popular. It pairs very well with cream, you can add croutons or make it more spicy with curry;
- For cakes and creams - with ginger, vanilla, honey and sugar, a great pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin pie, tikvenik, pumpkin cake and many other pumpkin desserts can be made;
- Pumpkin juice - this type of juice is not as popular, but it is very healthy in the treatment of gastritis, increased acidity of the stomach and insomnia.
