If you ask any adult or child to make compote, you will surely hear in response that fruit and berries. But imagine that compote can also be cooked from vegetables, and the most suitable of them is a pumpkin. Try it - maybe this drink will be included in your menu as one of the most beloved ones.
How to cook pumpkin compote
Compote from this vegetable has an original and unique taste, smell, and most importantly - a bright and juicy sunny color. In addition, it is very useful, because it has a lot of vitamins and minerals. The main component of this drink is pumpkin - a dietary product containing a small amount of calories. This vegetable is often used in the fitness menu. It is boiled, baked, stewed, added to cereals, vegetable stews and desserts.
Drink get tasty, if you follow these recommendations:
- the vegetable must be of medium or small size, then it will have more natural sweetness;
- it is better to take a whole pumpkin than a previously cut piece;
- Muscat variety - the best choice for making dessert;
- pay attention to the peel of the sun vegetable: it should be smooth, shiny, dense and firm;
- spices, citrus fruits and fruits can give an impressive taste to compote, and citric acid and vanilla sugar will play a special touch.
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Cooking recipes
Wishing to diversify the options of how to cook a pumpkin tasty and easy at home, cooks spread on the Internet openings more and more interesting compote recipes that can be served to guests and surprise them with an unusual taste, and also can be drunk daily, replenishing your body with useful substances. .
Regular compote
This recipe is very simple to use, and at the same time it is a good alternative to other compotes, juices, tea and coffee in the winter, because its main component is affordable and sold in every market.
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 400 g;
- sugar - 250 g;
- water - 2 l.
Cooking process:
- Prepare a vegetable: remove seeds, fiber with a spoon, cut off the thick and coarse skin.
- Cut into medium cubes, so that it boils faster and gives more nutrients to compote. If you cut into small pieces, then during the cooking process the vegetable is deformed, and in the compote the subtle flakes will float, it will become cloudy.
- Put the pumpkin in the pot and add water. Put on the fire and cook for 20-30 minutes, checking the readiness of the vegetable.
- When it becomes soft, you should add sugar. It can be added to taste. If you like sugary drinks, then you can add 300 g of sugar to this portion of pumpkin and water.
- Boil the fruit should be another 5 minutes, stirring the sugar and making sure that it is well dissolved.
- Pour into banks, if it is a twist, or fill a carafe, if you want to please your loved ones in the near future.
Video: How to cook pumpkin compote
Important! The optimal size of the cooking cube is 1.5 cm. Make sure that the cutting is uniform, otherwise part of the product will be ready before the other, and this will affect the taste and appearance of the drink.
With apples
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 300 g;
- sugar - 0.5 st .;
- water - 5 st .;
- apples (Antonovka or Semerenko, preferably acidic varieties) - 2 medium (~ 200 g);
- dried fruits (prunes, as an option - raisins or dried apricots) - a handful;
- Cinnamon - at the tip of the knife (to taste).
Cooking process:
- Prepare the vegetable by cleaning its core from seeds and fibers, as well as removing rough skin. Rinse the apples and peel them from the seeds and the core.
- Cut the pumpkin into medium cubes or slices, like apples.
- Boil the syrup by adding sugar to the water. Optionally, you can add prunes, dried apricots or raisins. In order for dried fruits to reveal their taste potential, they should be boiled in syrup for 10 minutes.
- Add a sunny vegetable to the syrup with dried fruit, and when the water boils - and apples.
- Boil compote until tender.
Did you know? The combination of pumpkin and any citrus fruits, as well as pears, apples, plums, quince and pineapples will be a good one. When cinnamon, cloves, vanilla and cardamom are added to the drink, the vegetable will absorb a maximum of flavor and taste, which will make the compote original and spicy.
Recipe for the winter like pineapple
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 1 kg;
- sugar - 500 g;
- water - 1 l;
- pineapple juice - 0.5 l.
Cooking process:
- Prepare the pumpkin in the same way as in the previous recipes, ridding it of the peel and the internal seeds.
- Cut it to simulate the original pineapple pieces, which are sold in a canned form. But if you do not want to waste time cutting circles, it will be enough to cut the vegetable into small rectangles.
- Bring pineapple juice to a boil.
- Pour boiled juice over sliced pumpkin and let it brew for 10-15 minutes.
- Cook the syrup out of the water with the sugar.
- Spread the juice-soaked pumpkin sticks over the cans and pour them with syrup.
- Close the preservation and let it cool.
Important! Pumpkin compote will delight you even more with its unusual, sweet and fragrant taste, if served cool.
Pumpkin with orange
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 500 g;
- sugar - 4 tbsp. l .;
- water - 2 l;
- 1 orange peel;
- orange - 1 pc .;
- citric acid - at the tip of the knife;
- vanilla sugar - 0.5 tsp;
- spices: cinnamon, cloves - to taste.
Cooking process:
- Prepare the vegetable for cooking: wash, rid it of peel and peel. Orange rinse and dry.
- Cut pumpkin into cubes of medium size. Grate the orange rind, preparing it for use. The flesh is divided into slices, remove the bones, make fillets.
- Boil water in a saucepan, then add pumpkin cubes, orange fillet and sugar to it. Boil for 10-15 minutes.
- Add orange fruit zest, citric acid and vanilla sugar to the compote, cook for another 10 minutes.
- If desired, the taste can be made even richer with spices such as clove and cinnamon.
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Compote from pumpkin and sea buckthorn
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 150 g;
- sea buckthorn - 200 g;
- sugar - 350 g;
- water - 2.5 l.
Cooking process:
- Prepare the main ingredients, pre-washing them and clearing of excess.
- Cut the vegetable into small cubes.
- Put pumpkin cubes and sea-buckthorn berries into a twist jar (3-liter).
- Boil the water. Pour boiling water over the contents of the jar and let it brew for 10 minutes.
- Drain the water from the can into the pan and add sugar to it. Boil it again, making sure that the sugar is completely dissolved. To do this, stir the water well.
- Pour pumpkin-sea buckthorn syrup with syrup.
- Make a twist, turn the jar and let cool naturally.
We advise you to read about cooking compotes of cherries, cherries, strawberries, apricots, plums, red currants, sea buckthorn.
Pumpkin with pulp
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 500 g;
- apples - 500 g;
- sugar - 200 g;
- water - 4 l;
- citric acid - 10 g
Cooking process:
- Prepare the main ingredients by peeling them from the rind, the core and the seeds.
- Grate the pumpkin. Pour water, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and rub the boiled mass through a sieve to obtain a homogeneous mass. Add citric acid and sugar.
- Apples grate and squeeze juice from them through cheesecloth. You can chop the apples with a blender and strain the juice.
- Mix pumpkin pulp, apple juice and all other ingredients and cook for 5 minutes.
Did you know? Orange vegetable is 90% water and contains a record amount of beta-carotene.
With lemon
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 3 kg;
- lemon - 3 pcs. medium size;
- sugar - 500-600 g;
- water - 3-4 l.
Cooking process:
- Prepared pumpkin, which removed the seeds and peel, cut into cubes. Peel the lemons and cut into slices of medium thickness.
- Fill 3-liter jars 1/3 with chopped vegetables. Add lemon.
- Cook sugar syrup, making sure there are no grains.
- Pour boiled syrup pumpkin with lemon in jars.
- Banks put in a container and sterilize each for 10 minutes.
- Roll up the jars, let the compote cool naturally and enjoy the compote for a long winter.
How to cook in a slow cooker pumpkin compote
Ingredients:
- pumpkin - 500 g;
- sugar - 100-120 g;
- water -2.5 l;
- citric acid - 2 pinches;
- Orange (Mandarin) - to taste.
Cooking process:
- Prepare a vegetable: wash, peel, remove all the bones and fibers inside.
- Cut into cubes of medium size and fall asleep in the bowl of the multicooker.
- Optionally, there can also add an orange or tangerine, which will give citrus notes of pumpkin compote.
- Pour sugar on top of the contents of the multicooker, add citric acid. If you like sweeter drinks, you can increase the amount of sugar.
- Pour the entire contents of water at room temperature, you can warm.
- After closing the cover of the multicooker, select the cooking mode. It can be "Cooking" or "Soup", depending on the model of the device. Set 30 minutes to make compote.
- At the end of the process, gently open the multicooker lid and let off steam. Get the cup. Put it on the kitchen surface and let the compote cool. It can be poured into a jug and served chilled, so its taste will be more interesting.
Learn also how to prepare for the winter: strawberries, cranberries, raspberries, apples, watermelon, lingonberries, mountain ash, sunberry, hawthorn, blueberries, yoshta berries.
How to store
Preserving pumpkin compote, you can save all the benefits of this vegetable for a long time, delighting your loved ones and guests with a pleasant and unusual drink. Banks with compote, like any twist, It is recommended to store in a dark and cool place. This may be a closet, kitchen cupboard away from the stove or a basement. Canned compote can be stored for a long time.
What to apply compote to the table
Compote can be used both fresh and canned. In the first case, in the winter, it is recommended to serve it hot, as a warming drink. In the hot season in the cold it will delight you with its freshness and aroma.
The drink can be served independently by removing pumpkin pieces and additional ingredients from it. Slices of boiled vegetables, along with apples, citrus or dried fruits can be served in a separate bowl or saucer with a spoon to enjoy the taste of healthy fruits and vegetables.
Pumpkin compote can be served as an original dessert, and can serve as a delicious and nutritious drink, complementing other dishes.
The popular orange vegetable became the highlight of the original drink - pumpkin compote. Amazing, pleasant taste and aroma of the drink will not leave anyone indifferent, so the next time you get a bright and juicy pumpkin on the market, do not forget to use one of our recipes.
