On the useful properties of pumpkin can speakinfinitely. Due to low calorie, the flesh of berries is excellent for dietary nutrition. Also, the pumpkin is useful for a child's diet, as it contains a large number of microelements and vitamins. Despite the fact that it is a berry, it is possible to cook not only the first, second dishes and desserts, but also beverages. A particularly revered dish among children, and even adults are candied pumpkin candies.
What is the use?
Candied fruits can be an excellent alternativesweets, which many children consume handfuls. They can be served as a separate dish, and addition to the porridge. Pumpkin candies retain most of the nutrients in the fresh berries. They will help to adjust the work of the gastrointestinal tract, increase immunity, contribute to the improvement of mood and reduce the rate of manifestation of age-related changes. Pumpkin can become a true home doctor, but subject to the technology of cooking dishes from it.
How to choose a pumpkin?
The process of making pumpkin candies requirespatience and the presence of at least minimal culinary skills and knowledge. It's not worth thinking about preparation without thinking, since you can guess with the result. The first thing you need to do when you're going to prepare candied pumpkin candies at home (the recipe is given in the article) is to choose a suitable fruit.
When choosing pumpkin reviews are advised to consider:
- The weight. The choice of a large pumpkin is fraught with fibrous and fleshiness of pulp.
- The skin. The main indicator of a delicious pumpkin is smooth, firm skin without dark impregnations.
- Strips. Stripes on the pumpkin should be straight, and from the counter with pumpkins with a sinuous pattern, run at the speed of light - when they were grown they used nitrates.
- Tail. A mature fruit with the most juicy and sweet flesh will have a dried tail.
Are all pumpkin varieties suitable for candied fruits?
The best option is a muscat gourd. Its advantages include:
- relatively small size;
- A tender, juicy pulp, which resembles a pear to taste;
- simplicity in cleaning - the crust is easily removed.
So, the pumpkin for making candied fruits is chosen.Clearing it, we estimate the flesh. The elastic and fleshy pulp of a pleasant orange shade is an excellent sign. Now you can cook delicious and healthy pumpkin candies at home.
The recipe for candied candies in the oven
Can it be useful tasty and sweetdelicacy? Of course it can. And the pumpkin candied fruit is an excellent proof of that. The only drawback of dessert, according to the reviews, is the long process of cooking. To make tasty pumpkin candies at home, study the recipe presented below.
Necessary ingredients:
- Pumpkin flesh - 700 g.
- Water - 2 tbsp.
- Sugar - 3 tbsp.
- Lemon - 1/2 pcs.
Cooking method:
- To cook pumpkin pumpkin at home, pumpkin pulp should be cut into cubes 1.5 * 1.5 cm.
- In a saucepan mix the specified amount of sugar and water, as well as juice from half a lemon. We put on a slow fire and bring to a boil: should turn out syrup.
- In the boiling sugar syrup, we put prepared slices and boil the future candied candied fruits at least 3, but not more than 5 minutes.
- Turn off the fire and skimmer remove the candied fruit from the pan. We are waiting for their complete cooling and again return to the boiling syrup.
- Boil another 5 minutes and retrieve again.
- The procedure of drying and frying of candied fruits in syrup is repeated 7 times.
- After completing the last call, we throw the candied fruit on the sieve to make the excess syrup stack.
- The next stage involves dryingcandied pumpkin in the oven. Slices should be evenly distributed over parchment paper lined on a baking tray. Drying is carried out at a temperature of not more than 60 degrees. It is permissible to dry at room temperature, but in addition to long waiting for the ready dish, this approach is fraught with damage to most of the candied fruit.
- After an hour in the oven candied fruits are ready for the procedure of caving in. We remember that you can roll only slightly dried and completely cooled products.
Candied pumpkins are ready. They turn out magical, and most importantly, useful.
Recipe for candied fruits with citric acid and cinnamon
This is the “snag” method aimed at reorienting the taste and olfactory receptors: not everyone likes the sweet honey scent of pumpkin.
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin (pulp) - 1000
- Granulated sugar - 800 g.
- Citric acid - 5 g.
- Cinnamon to taste.
Recipe for candied pumpkin
- Pumpkin pulp, cleared of seeds and peel, cut into slices.
- Sprinkle slices with 1/4 of sugar and place in a cool place. We are waiting for the juice to begin to flow out of the pumpkin.
- When the amount of juice seems sufficient to prepare a syrup, put the pumpkin in the sugar to boil on a slow fire. We are waiting for boiling and remove from fire.
- Drain the juice, throwing the pumpkin in a sieve.
- When the juice and slices cool, pour a glass of syrup and add the remaining sugar, citric acid and cinnamon.
- Boil the mixture until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
- Pour the pumpkin with boiled syrup and boil it: the slices should be transparent and the syrup should be thick like honey.
- Dry the pumpkin.
- The final stage is a roll in a mixture of cinnamon and powdered sugar.
Reviews recommend before serving dishes to dry candied fruits well. At the same time it is important that the slices are located at a short distance from each other.
Exquisite preparation of candied fruits "Infinity"
The recipe is called "Infinity" because it requires eight ingredients and eight steps.
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin (pulp) - 2 kg.
- Oranges - 2 pcs.
- Granulated sugar - 700 g.
- Water - 200 ml.
- Vanillin.
- Cinnamon.
- Powdered sugar.
- Carnation.
Preparation:
- Pulp of pumpkin and oranges divided into slices. Oranges can be cut into circles.
- We mix water and sugar, we achieve boiling and dissolution of crystals.
- We put pumpkin and orange slices into boiling syrup and boil for 7 minutes on low heat.
- Remove from heat and boil again after 8 hours. Then cool again and boil again.
- Separate pumpkin slices from orange.
- Dry the pumpkin slices in a special dehydrator or in the oven at low temperature. The process will take about 5 hours.
- Rolls slices in a mixture of powdered sugar, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla.
Store dessert at room temperature in a room without high humidity.
Secrets of making candied fruit
Each recipe has its own characteristics, and the recipe for candied fruit is no exception.
For example, so that the finished candied fruits do not stick together and have an appetizing appearance, after drying, they are rolled in various mixtures.
The cooled delicacy can be rolled in a mixture of powdered sugar and starch:
- Sugar powder - 2 tbsp. l
- Starch - 1 tbsp. l
After crushing, grind between the palms between the palms to remove excess dusting. This breading will not allow candied fruits to stick together and give an appetizing crisp.
For extra flavor and give the dish Eastern refinement, make sprinkling:
- Cinnamon - to taste.
- Sugar or powder - 2-3 tbsp.
Also, mistresses recommend adding vanilla or cloves. But using a clove, remember its strong taste.
What to do with the remaining syrup?
После приготовления цукатов из тыквы остался syrup, and you don't know what to do with it? Find it easy to use. It is useful for impregnating pies and cakes, when cooking compotes and jelly. Also reviews recommend using it as a sweet sauce or addition to pancakes or pancakes.
