Pumpkin filling for pies is not particularly popular, because more often housewives choose more familiar products as a filler for baking. And in vain! If you process the vegetable correctly, it will turn out, well, very tasty.

Classic pumpkin filling for pies

If you decide to cook pumpkin filling for the first time, then use the traditional recipe first. When the classic taste is to your liking, you can experiment with various additives.

Essential Ingredients:

  • about 400 grams of pumpkin;
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar;
  • cinnamon to your liking.

Cooking process:

  1. Rinse the pumpkin well, free from the skin and grind with a coarse grater.
  2. We send the resulting mass into a bowl, sprinkle with only part of the sugar and let stand for about 25 minutes to make the juice stand out.
  3. Wring out the flesh and drain the liquid.
  4. Add the remaining sugar and cinnamon to the pumpkin if you decide to use it. That's all - the filling is ready.

With meat

Another option for a delicious and denser filling is with meat and pumpkin.

This combination comes out very satisfying and juicy. Cakes can be used as a full meal or snack.

Essential Ingredients:

  • one small onion;
  • about 250 grams of pumpkin;
  • any seasoning to your liking;
  • 300 grams of minced meat.

Cooking process:

  1. Place the selected minced meat in a container, mash it well, add the onion, which was cut into small cubes in advance.
  2. Free the pumpkin from the skin and chop, for example, using a grater. You can also finely chop it or mince it.
  3. We combine pumpkin and minced meat, put spices as desired, knead well and use the mass for baking.

How to cook with apples

A very tasty filling is obtained if you combine pumpkin with apples. Be sure to try this autumn vitamin cocktail!

Essential Ingredients:

  • half a lemon;
  • about 500 grams of pumpkin;
  • a glass of sugar or to your taste;
  • a slice of butter, about 50 grams;
  • 3 to 4 small apples.

Cooking process:

  1. Peel the apples, remove the core from them and cut into small cubes.
  2. Grind the pumpkin in the same way, not forgetting to free it from the peel.
  3. Remove the zest from the lemon, grate it on a fine grater, and squeeze the juice from the fruit itself and pour a small portion of it over the apples so that they do not change color. Enough 1 - 2 teaspoons.
  4. Melt the indicated amount of oil until liquid and mix with sugar. Put the pumpkin and apples in the resulting sweet composition, put the stew on low heat and keep until the products are soft. The baking filler is ready.

Delicious Sweet Pumpkin Filling

Filling for sweet cakes according to this recipe will be done with dried fruits. Raisins and dried apricots are ideal.

Essential Ingredients:

  • approximately 150 grams of sugar;
  • about 350 grams of ripe pumpkin sweet varieties;
  • 50 grams of raisins and dried apricots.

Cooking process:

  1. Peel the pumpkin, cut into small pieces and grind on a coarse grater.
  2. Place in a pan, turn on low heat and begin to simmer it.
  3. When the pumpkin is almost ready, add dried apricots and sugar to it. Dried fruits will absorb pumpkin juice, and sugar will make the filling more sweet.
  4. Before filling the pies, add raisins to the mixture, which must be soaked in advance for a while for softness.

Fancy Turnip Recipe

Essential Ingredients:

  • 500 grams of pumpkin and turnip;
  • two tablespoons of butter and the same amount of sugar;
  • one lemon.

Cooking process:

  1. Rinse the turnips well, peel them and turn them into small cubes. Pour them with water and set to boil.
  2. As soon as the water boils, drain it, mix the turnips with the indicated amount of oil and sugar, so that everything is distributed evenly.
  3. Free the pumpkin from the skin and cut into the same cubes as the turnip.
  4. Mix vegetables with each other, send to the pan, add zest from lemon to them.
  5. Simmer over low heat until all ingredients are soft and use as directed.

For Ossetian pies

Essential Ingredients:

  • spices to your taste (necessarily salt and black pepper);
  • about 200 grams of Ossetian cheese (can be replaced by Adyghe or suluguni);
  • 100 grams of butter.

Cooking process:

  1. Use only the slightly frosted butter for the filling to make it easier to chop.
  2. Rinse the pumpkin, remove the skin from it, rub the pulp on a coarse grater. Do the same with the selected type of cheese and butter.
  3. Connect all three components together in a common container, add seasonings to them and mix very carefully.

Stuffing for lean pumpkin pies

Even if you are fasting, you should not deny yourself delicious food. After all, you can make, for example, a simple lean filling for baking.

Essential Ingredients:

  • one onion;
  • any seasoning to your liking;
  • about 600 grams of pumpkin.

Cooking process:

  1. Rinse the pumpkin well with water, remove the skin from it. Please note that the fruit must be used ripe and for this recipe is better than non-sweet varieties.
  2. Cut the vegetable into small cubes or grate it on a coarse grater.
  3. Chop the onions into small pieces and put them together with pumpkin in a pan. Turn on a weak heating level, add just a little water, mix the contents of the dishes and simmer until the products are soft and the allocated liquid evaporates completely.
  4. When the mixture is almost ready, sprinkle it with salt and black pepper. You can also use other spices and herbs, based on your preferences. Fill the pastries with the finished filling.

Many other ingredients can be added to the filling for pumpkin pies. For example, cottage cheese, cabbage, carrots, candied fruits and fruits that go well with it, and even rice and potatoes. The most important thing is not to be afraid of experiments and try new tastes. If you try, then baking with pumpkin will surely appeal even to those who previously did not like this vegetable at all.

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