Sold, marinated, in the form of a must, everyone knows. Hardly anyone makes this delicious snack

Pumpkin From a botanical point of view, fruit (large blueberry) plants from the pumpkin family. In Poland, among others, ordinary pumpkin, musk pumpkin and giant pumpkin are grown.

Pumpkin is often used to prepare various types preserves. It is made of aromatic jams, jam or compotes. It is also popular pumpkin Whether pickled. However, it turns out that this product also has other culinary use. It can be made delicious puree constituting a base for various desserts – Baking enthusiasts often reach for pumpkin. They are particularly popular pumpkin cakes – Tiramisu, tart, cheesecake or brownie.

Few people decide to prepare candied pumpkinIt’s a pity! The product in this issue becomes becoming great snack – Perfect for crunching with your favorite movie or series. Candied pumpkin We can do ourselves at home or buy – in most cases it is available in health food stores or large supermarkets.

Interestingly, candied pumpkin It is not only suitable for eating as a snack. You can add it to various baking – It will be perfectly found in cakes, cookies or as part of the decorations of said desserts. Some use the candied pumpkin as Appendix to teathanks to which the hot drink gains an interesting taste and aroma.

Read also:

Making candied pumpkin It is not complicated. Just get the appropriate ingredients and follow the provision. To make this delicacy, you will need:

• 500 g peeled and cut into smaller pieces of pumpkin (slightly larger than the target – about 3 by 3 cm) – a musk pumpkin is ideally suited, which is characterized by a harder pulp;
• 500 g cukru;
• 500 ml of water;
• 30 g of powdered sugar;
• skin and juice with 1 orange;
• 1 Cinnamon chick.

Preparation method:

1. In a saucepan, boil water and dissolve sugar in it. Add orange peel to the resulting syrup, squeezed juice from 1 fruit and cinnamon cane. We also place pumpkin pieces in it. We cook the whole on low heat for about 1.5-2 hours. We mix every now and then, but with due caution not to damage the pumpkin.
2. We spread pieces of pumpkin on a baking paper lined with baking paper. We leave them for a few hours to cool. Then dry them for about 2.5 hours in an oven preheated to 80 degrees Celsius.
3. Finally, after pulling the pumpkin from the oven and cooling it, we coat all pieces in powdered sugar. It’s best to store it in a jar.

Candied pumpkin This is the perfect snack that will help us satisfy the desire for something sweet. We can eat these sweets without any additions, but nothing prevents you from adding them to porridge or breakfast flakes.

Source: NowowoPuje.pl