American Pumpkin Pie and Healthy Pancakes
At first glance, a pumpkin dessert is something unimaginable and incompatible. At the same time, treats from the "Cinderella carriage" can be incredibly delicious and mouth-watering to look at (just look at the photos). This article features the simplest recipes to help you create a delicious and sweet pumpkin dessert for any taste.
American pumpkin pie
Yes, pumpkin-based desserts are very popular in America. You've probably seen such pies in photos or movies, and today, one will appear on your table.
To prepare this delicious treat you will need:
- 400 grams of wheat flour
- 250 grams of butter
- 3 chicken eggs
- 900 grams of pumpkin
- 200 grams of sugar
- 200 milliliters of heavy cream
- cinnamon, salt and vanillin to taste.
The total cooking time is about two hours, and the ingredients are enough for eight servings.
To make this pumpkin dessert, first sift the flour and salt into a deep bowl, then gently rub the flour into the softened butter. It's best to do this as shown in the photo: gently rubbing your palms over the bowl. The mixture should resemble breadcrumbs.
Next, add the beaten egg and knead the dough, then roll it into a ball and refrigerate for half an hour. In the photo, the pumpkin's texture isn't noticeable, and the pie looks like a smooth mass. This is what we'll be working on while the dough rises. Peel the pumpkin, remove all the seeds, and cut the flesh into neat cubes, then gently simmer until soft.
The pulp should be pureed in a blender. To make it more tender and to give the pie a more consistent appearance, like the one in the dessert photo, the puree should be further strained through a sieve.
It's time to get the dough out. Roll it out and line a greased pan. To ensure even baking, line the crust with parchment paper and sprinkle it with some cereal. This light "upgrade" will be removed from the pie later, so don't worry. Bake the crust for fifteen minutes at 190 degrees Celsius.
The next step is to place the pumpkin in a deep bowl and whisk it with two eggs, cream, sugar, and your chosen spices. Desserts like this pair well with cinnamon, cardamom, and vanilla. Pour the pumpkin into the crust and bake for an hour. Once the pie has cooled, it's ready to be sliced and served.
You can see serving options in the photo. For example, you can serve these desserts with melted chocolate, caramel, or whipped cream.
Pumpkin pancakes
What could be more unusual than pumpkin pie? Recipes can be even more unusual, and today we'll talk about pancakes. Pumpkin-based desserts are characterized by their fluffiness, and the pancakes are quite thick and sweet. Moreover, they have a rather unusual flavor. You can see their appearance, again, in our photo. These desserts are popular in Europe, especially in the UK and Germany.
To prepare we will need:
- 400 grams of pumpkin;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 170 grams of wheat flour;
- 100 milliliters of milk;
- 0.5 teaspoon baking powder;
- 50 grams of sugar;
- cinnamon, salt, vanillin, powdered sugar to taste.
Desserts like pancakes are familiar to us from childhood, and with enough skill, making them will only take you twenty minutes. Recipes vary, and with practice, you'll find your perfect proportions.
So, the stages of preparation:
- The first thing you need to do is whisk all the ingredients except the pumpkin together with a whisk or mixer. It's crucial to achieve a smooth mixture; otherwise, no amount of clever recipes will save your lumpy pancakes and transform them into fluffy pancakes.
- It's important that the batter isn't too runny and flows down the spoon like jelly. European desserts rarely contain butter, but adding a little vegetable oil to the batter will prevent the pancakes from burning and make them easier to flip.
- It's pumpkin time. Grate it finely and blend it with the dough in a blender. Some recipes suggest using cooked pumpkin pulp as an alternative, which can be sieved through a sieve, but this will take much more effort and time, and the result will be roughly the same.
- Ladle the mixture into the pan and fry until golden brown. It's important to understand that pumpkin desserts usually have a slight orange tint when cooked, and this is how you can determine the degree of doneness.
You can also check out photos of the finished pancakes. This way, you'll know what to expect. Keep in mind, however, that recipes vary, and the results may vary depending on the cooking process.
Serving pancakes can be very varied. Some recipes suggest sprinkling this pumpkin dessert with powdered sugar and cinnamon, while others prefer to serve it with whipped cream, honey, sour cream, or condensed milk. The choice is yours.
