Pumpkin is often recommended in various diets and for general improvement of the state of the body.
The taste even of selected fruits, so to speak, is for an amateur.
Therefore, conscientious cooks try, inventing various dishes. The sweetness is sometimes emphasized, then the roasted meat shades with pumpkin flavor.
Baked pumpkin in a slow cooker - general principles of preparation
• It is best to bake autumn pumpkin varieties, with dense juicy pulp of bright color. Do not take a large vegetable, as it may turn out to be overripe. In a slow cooker, you can bake both whole pumpkin and pulp chopped into pieces.
• Dessert and diet dishes are prepared from pumpkin at Baking. Supplemented with meat or fish, prepare hearty dishes that can become a full dinner.
• Before baking, pumpkin and other components of the dish do not require additional heat treatment. All you need to do is wash everything well, cut according to the recipe, put it in the bowl and start the slow cooker for the specified time in the corresponding program.
Spicy pumpkin baked in a slow cooker
This adapted recipe is also known as Olympic. Apparently, he has nothing to do with the Greek gods, but based on the ingredients, it is quite possible to offer him to the future champion.
Ingredients:
• light pitted raisins - 60 g .;
• dense pumpkin pulp - 800 gr.;
• allspice peas - a teaspoon;
• two tablespoons of liquid honey, better than herbs;
• salt and grated cinnamon - to taste;
• a small lemon.
Cooking method:
1. In a mortar or rolling pin, crush allspice. Add cinnamon salt and mix thoroughly.
2. Cut the medium-sized pumpkin into cubes or cubes and put in the cooking bowl, after having greased it with vegetable oil. Add a quarter cup of water, close the lid and turn on the baking mode for a quarter to half an hour.
3. Squeeze the juice from the lemon, select the seeds from it and combine with honey. Without picking pieces of pumpkin pulp from the bowl, season the dish with cinnamon-pepper mixture, pour honey on top and bring to the baking option for 25 minutes.
Baked pumpkin in a slow cooker with garlic sauce
Ingredients:
• fresh pumpkin - 600 gr.;
• two large garlic cloves;
• ground dried basil and allspice - to taste;
• A third glass of olive or well-refined vegetable oil.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the thick pumpkin pulp without a peel into medium-sized slices and place in the cooking bowl of the multi-pan.
2. In olive oil add grated garlic or squeezed by press, add a small pinch of ground basil and allspice, add salt. Then mix thoroughly and let it brew for about a quarter of an hour.
3. With the prepared dressing, pour the slices of vegetable laid out in the bowl and close the lid of the device.
4. Set the baking mode to one hour and start the program.
Sweet pumpkin baked in a slow cooker with honey
Ingredients:
• 700 gr. well ripened pumpkin;
• 50 gr. sugar
• homemade butter - 50 gr.;
• floral liquid honey;
• drinking boiled water - 50 ml.
Cooking method:
1. With a sharp knife, peel the pumpkin from the soft pulp with seeds and cut, together with the peel, into neat slices.
2. At the bottom of the cooking bowl, apply a thin layer of butter, pour in water and spread the slices of pumpkin.
3. Sprinkle sugar on top and turn on baking for half an hour.
4. Put the finished pumpkin on a large plate and serve by pouring honey.
Baked pumpkin dessert in a slow cooker with apples and banana
Ingredients:
• a pound of pumpkin;
• two apples;
• bananas - 2 pcs.;
• coarse white bread crumbs;
• cinnamon powder;
• 60 gr. sugar
• 20 gr. thickened homemade cream;
• 20% sour cream for watering dishes.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the bananas into rings, pumpkin pulp and peeled apples with slices of approximately the same size.
2. Rub the bottom and sides with butter, sprinkle generously with breadcrumbs.
3. Gently place the chopped fruits with pieces of pumpkin in a bowl and sprinkle with cinnamon.
4. Run the baking program for 40 minutes. After finishing, lay the finished dessert on plates, pour sour cream and sprinkle sugar on top.
Baked pumpkin in a slow cooker with meat and vegetables - "Appetizing pot"
Pumpkin pots - a popular dish, but quite troublesome. The electronic miracle pan will save a little time, and high-quality pork tenderloin will add satiety to the dish.
Ingredients:
• a small kilogram pumpkin;
• 350 gr. pork (pulp);
• one small carrot;
• garlic;
• butter from homemade cream - 20 gr.;
• small onion head.
Cooking method:
1. Place a pumpkin under a stream of warm water. Wiping it thoroughly with a sponge on all sides, rinse off all the dirt and wipe the vegetable dry with a towel.
2. Use a sharp knife to cut a thick “lid” on the side of the stem and select all the fibrous pulp along with the seeds. Then carefully cut out a piece of dense pulp so that centimeter-thick walls remain on all sides.
3. Inside, well lubricate the vegetable with slightly softened oil and salt.
4. Cut the removed pulp into small pieces, chop the onion lightly, and rub the carrots on a coarse grater or chop with a knife in the same way as pumpkin pulp.
5. Combine the chopped vegetables with meat, season with pepper grinded in a mortar, add a little salt, add crushed garlic and mix thoroughly
6. Put the prepared mass in a pumpkin, place it in the cooking cup, cover with a “lid” cut off from the vegetable and add a little water to the container.
7. Close the lid and start the baking mode for two hours.
Baked pumpkin in a slow cooker with fish in a sour cream filling
Ingredients:
• 1 kg of cod (filet);
• a pound of pumpkin pulp;
• two large onions;
• 250 gr. low fat sour cream;
• three eggs;
• 50 gr. "Peasant" oil;
• 250 ml of fatty kefir;
• a small pinch of nutmeg powder;
• fresh herbs of garden parsley.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the cod fillet into wide slices, pumpkin - slices, thinly, half rings, chop the onion.
2. Gently place the pieces of fish along the bottom of the bowl. Put slices of pumpkin on it evenly and season it with ground nutmeg.
3. Put half the onion rings on the pumpkin and sprinkle them with chopped herbs.
4. Mix sour cream with kefir, pour the eggs into the mixture, add salt and, slightly whipping, bring to uniformity. Then, carefully pour the prepared products into the bowl with the prepared filling.
5. On the timer, set 1 hour 10 minutes and turn on the device in the "Baking" program.
Baked pork on a pumpkin in a slow cooker
A very simple recipe from the most affordable products. Try to start with it, perhaps your family will like it - meat, saturated with sweet and fragrant pumpkin juice, will become completely unusual. Serving it with a real macho, accompany the dish with a spicy Chilean sauce.
Ingredients:
• 700 gr. lean pork;
• a teaspoon of ground paprika;
• five branches of fresh parsley;
• a pound of pumpkin;
• onion - 2 heads;
• four tablespoons of 72% mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
1. Choose an oblong pumpkin, rinse it thoroughly with water and cut into thin rings with the peel.
2. Wash a piece of pork pulp, pat dry with a clean rag. Cut the meat across the fibers, in slices of a centimeter, or a little more, thickness. Beat off the pieces, add salt and season a little with ground pepper.
3. Pour a little refined oil into the cooking cup and put the pumpkin into it, trying to cover the bottom as best as possible. If necessary, pieces of vegetable can be cut.
4. Put the beaten-off pieces of pork on a pumpkin in a dense layer, and on thin onion rings.
5. Evenly coat the entire surface of the onion layer with mayonnaise and sprinkle with ground paprika.
6. Lower the multicooker lid and turn on the appliance on the “Baking” option, setting the timer to one hour.
Classic multicooked pumpkin dish
Ingredients:
• four large sweet apples;
• three tablespoons of sugar;
• three spoons of light raisins, pitted;
• a third of a glass of finely chopped walnut kernels;
• a glass of clean water;
• 30% cream;
• a small pinch of crushed cinnamon;
• one kilogram of pumpkin;
• 50 gr. "Peasant" oil.
Cooking method:
1. Scald raisins with boiling water, fill it with hot water for 15 minutes, then squeeze slightly and dry.
2. Separate the pumpkin pulp from the seeds and peel and cut it into medium-sized cubes, the size of a rib is one and a half centimeters.
3. Put the slices of vegetable in a cooking bowl, add oil.
4. Cut the peeled apples into slices, remove the rough partitions with seeds from them and transfer to a pumpkin.
5. Sprinkle everything with cinnamon, pour raisins, sweeten, mix thoroughly and add half a glass of drinking water to the products.
6. Bake a pumpkin with apples under the lid with the selected “Baking” mode for forty minutes.
7. Divide the finished pumpkin in portions on plates, put the whipped cream in a strong foam on top and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Baked pumpkin in a slow cooker - cooking tricks and useful tips
• Choose the right pumpkin. Do not purchase fruits with brightly colored peels, this color is more likely to be a decorative vegetable. For baking, use table varieties with a pale skin color and with bright orange flesh.
• Pay attention to the ponytail. In a ripe fetus, it dries on its own, and in an unripe fruit, it is cut off.
• Avoid buying sliced pumpkin. It is difficult to determine the degree of maturity from them, and from the point of view of hygiene this is not the best choice.
• Since pumpkin does not have its own distinct taste, it is recommended to cook it with spices or spices. For dessert, vanilla, nutmeg or cinnamon is the best option. Black pepper and fresh herbs are the perfect complement to meat and fish dishes from pumpkin baked in a slow cooker.
