Pumpkin is a vegetable that keeps well all winter. Soups, cereals and puddings are made from it. But few people know that delicious, very healthy and tasty candied fruits are obtained from pumpkin. Since the pumpkin is slightly sweet, very little sugar is needed to make them.
My simple recipe and step-by-step photos will help you prepare delicious candied pumpkin fruits for the winter in the oven. This time I used this method for drying sweet delicacies.
For cooking, take:
- pumpkin - 3-4 kg;
- sugar - 200-300 kg;
- lemon - 1-2 pcs.;
- icing sugar - 1-2 tablespoons;
- enamel or glass pan;
- parchment paper.
How to make candied pumpkin at home
Wash and dry the pumpkin.
Cut it into two or four pieces.
With a knife, remove all the bones and the soft part on which they are held, cut into pieces two to three centimeters wide, as in the photo.
Peel these pieces.
Use a knife to cut long pieces of pumpkin into small pieces, 1-1.5 centimeters long.
Cut the washed lemons into thin slices. In an enamel or glass saucepan, place the pumpkin and lemon slices in layers, sprinkling each with a little sugar. Leave it on for 1-2 hours.
Heat the water separately and pour boiling water over the workpiece so that the water barely covers it. Bring to a boil and simmer for 40-60 minutes. It is important to keep an eye on the cooking process and to prevent the pumpkin pieces from overcooking.
Put the cooled pieces on parchment paper so that they do not touch each other.
Put to dry in the oven at 50-60 degrees for 3-4 hours. Leave the oven lid ajar. This is what you should get as a result of such drying in the oven.
Put dried pieces of pumpkin, which can already be called candied fruits, in a glass container for storage. Add 1-2 tablespoons of powdered sugar. Close the lid and shake so that the powder evenly covers all the candied fruits.
Candied pumpkin seeds do not need to be coated with powdered sugar. They taste and look very similar to dried apricots. They have a pleasant sweet taste with a slight sourness and, at the same time, are not cloying.
Serving healthy and tasty candied pumpkin fruits with aromatic hot tea, you will get an unforgettable experience of this familiar ceremony.
There are many recipes for this dessert, but usually the vegetable is prepared in syrup with cinnamon sticks for a richer taste. You can also make a treat with other spices, such as cloves or aniseed stars, as well as in combination with fruits (oranges or lemons).
How to make candied pumpkin at home? To do this, cut the vegetable into pieces and pierce them in several places so that the syrup gets inside the pulp. You can use pumpkin with or without seeds. Sometimes candied fruits are served fresh with syrup, sometimes dry.
According to some versions, cooks previously immersed pieces of pumpkin in a large container with a solution of water and calcium hydroxide. This makes the vegetable flesh harder. After all, pumpkin usually becomes soft when cooked. Currently, this is not practiced, since there are convenient ways to quickly dry candied pieces. How to make candied pumpkin fruits yourself?
Option with orange
Since pumpkin does not have its own pronounced smell, it is customary to add various spices to it. One of the options is citrus fruits, which give the dessert not only aroma, but also a pleasant sourness. In addition, zucchini, which also have a neutral taste and smell, can be prepared in a similar way. How to make candied pumpkin and zucchini with orange? To do this, you need:
- 1 medium pumpkin (about 2-2.5 kg);
- 550 g brown sugar;
- 3 cinnamon sticks (whole or halved)
- 1 orange, sliced (with skin)
- 4 glasses of water.
How to do it?
Cut the pumpkin into approximately 3 cm pieces. Remove the seeds and skin. If you like sunflower seeds, you can prepare them separately with the syrup. Place the sugar, cinnamon sticks, and orange slices in a large heavy-bottomed saucepan.
Add four cups of water and reduce heat to medium until the mixture starts to simmer. Stir to dissolve the sugar completely. Once the syrup is prepared, add the pumpkin pieces to it. If you notice that the vegetables aren't completely covered in syrup, don't worry. The pumpkin will release some juice as it cooks.
Reduce heat, cover saucepan and simmer. Cook the pumpkin for 20-30 minutes. It will be done when the consistency of the pulp is tender and it has absorbed some of the syrup.
Once you are sure of this, use a slotted spoon to remove the pieces from the pan and transfer to a deep bowl. Cover with aluminum foil to prevent cooling while the syrup continues to cook.
Bring the contents of the saucepan to a boil again by increasing the heat. Continue cooking until the syrup is thick and dense. Place the pumpkin pieces back in the pot and spread the syrup evenly over them.
You can serve this dessert hot right away. The next day, the taste of the candied pumpkin will improve. Therefore, it is worth preparing it in advance and keeping it in the refrigerator. If you want to make dry candied fruits, you need to dry the cooked slices. This can be done both in the dehydrator and in the oven. The methods for drying candied fruits are indicated below.
Classic version with cinnamon
When they talk about how to make candied pumpkin fruits, they suggest cooking it in sugar syrup with the addition of cinnamon. This recipe is classic and simplest. For it you will need:
- 1 pumpkin for about 2-2.5 kg;
- 1 glass of water;
- 500 g sugar, preferably brown;
- 1 cinnamon stick;
- 1/4 tsp salt.
How to make cinnamon pumpkin candied fruits?
Carefully cut the pumpkin in half vertically. Use a spoon to scoop out seeds and filaments. Cut the pulp into 3-4 cm pieces.
Prepare the syrup by heating a glass of water, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a large saucepan over low heat. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally. This should be done until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Add the pumpkin pieces to the syrup. Cover and simmer for 30-45 minutes, sometimes covering the top with syrup. Let cool slightly.
If you want to serve hot treats, separate the slices into bowls and pour the remaining syrup over them. If you want to make a blank, start drying. This method is also suitable for those who are looking for how to make candied pumpkin fruits in a slow cooker. The cooking process is no different from the above. You should make the syrup in a multicooker bowl and then cook the pumpkin on the "simmer" mode until tender.
Turkish style option
Pumpkin can also be baked in your own juice with sugar. This lovely light Turkish style dessert is made with chopped walnuts. You can also add a few cloves or cinnamon sticks to the juice before baking and drying if you want more flavor. How to make candied pumpkin with this recipe? For him you will need:
- 1 kg pumpkin pulp, peeled, chopped and cut into pieces or rectangular blocks;
- 250 g or 1 ½ cups of sugar;
- 225 g or 1 cup chopped walnuts.
How to do it?
Preheat oven to 180 ° C. Line the bottom of a large baking dish with cooked pumpkin pieces and sprinkle with sugar evenly. Then spread the second layer with the rest of the pumpkin and spread the remaining sugar evenly on top. Cover the baking sheet and set aside overnight.
The next day, you will notice that the pumpkin has released all its juices, and all the pieces are almost covered with it. The released liquid is all that is needed to bake the vegetable. You don't need to add extra water.
How to make candied fruits from pumpkin in the oven? Bake the pulp slices uncovered in their own juice. Sprinkle the flowing syrup on the pumpkin pieces every 20 minutes to soak them well. After 45 minutes of cooking, check the sweetness of the dish. If you think that there is not enough sugar, you can sprinkle with a few more tablespoons. Bake the squash for about 1 hour until all the syrup is absorbed. All pieces in this step must be thoroughly cooked and candied.
Sprinkle the chopped walnuts over the dessert and let cool. You can serve the candied pumpkin right away or start drying it in the oven at the lowest temperature (50-60 degrees) for 2-3 hours, taking breaks to cool down every hour.
How to make candied pumpkin in a dryer?
Candied Gourd is a sweet treat from harvest to Christmas season. When dried, such candied fruits can serve as an excellent sweet gift. To do this, you need:
- 450 g sugar plus 3 tbsp. l. additionally;
- 2 l and 65 ml of water;
- 450 g pumpkin, peeled and diced;
- colored sugar crystals (optional).
Cooking process
Pour water into a saucepan and add sugar. Heat gradually, stirring continuously, to dissolve the sugar in the water. Place the diced pumpkin in the syrup. Cook for 10-15 minutes.
Use a slotted spoon to remove the vegetable chunks from the syrup and place in a large bowl. Set aside. Continue cooking the syrup until they are halved in size. Pour this liquid over the pumpkin and let it sit overnight.
Then drain the syrup and save in a separate bowl. Arrange the pumpkin slices in a single layer on the dehydrator tray. Lubricate the top with syrup and turn the drying on at 45 degrees. Continue to smear the syrup every hour until it runs out. The drying process will take 24-48 hours.
Take extra sugar (or use colored crystals) and place it in a small bowl. Throw in dried pumpkin pieces to cover them completely. In this form, candied fruits can be packed in boxes or containers for further storage.
Candied fruits can be made from a variety of fruits and vegetables. The most popular is pumpkin. Each housewife can create such natural and healthy sweets on her own. Budget ingredients, a minimum of sugar and lemon juice - and you can already treat your friends and family to aromatic and delicious candied pumpkin fruits.
Even an inexperienced cook can create such a delicacy. The main thing is to use fresh, quality products and strictly adhere to all the recommendations below. The pumpkin should be fresh, aromatic and sweet, with firm and smooth flesh.
In the same way, you can create natural sweetness with other additives. To do this, you can add orange or lime juice, ginger pieces or a cinnamon stick to the pumpkin mass. Every time you will receive an equally appetizing and aromatic sweetness. You can also make candied fruits.
Candied pumpkin can be used as an independent dish, as well as in muffins, desserts and pies. To make the pumpkin pieces dense and not fall apart, you must leave them in the sweet syrup for at least 10-12 hours. So you get a bright, colorful and high-quality sweetness that can even be served on a festive table. So, today the site site will show how to make candied pumpkin at home... Writing down the recipe!
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin - 1 kg;
- Lemon - 1 pc.;
- Sugar - 300 grams.
1. Take our pumpkin, wash it well. Peel off the thick peel and cut out the fibrous part with seeds. Cut the sun fruit into small cubes.
3. Mix all ingredients thoroughly. We cover and leave the workpiece for 12-15 hours.
4. We are waiting until the juice is released from the pumpkin, we send it to the stewpan. Cooking pumpkin on the stove, bring to a boil. Boil for 2-3 minutes. You can add a slice of lemon.
5. Set aside the pumpkin blank for 2-3 hours, repeat the procedure again. Filter the cooled pumpkin through a sieve.
6. Put the pieces of orange vegetable on food paper, send to the oven (120 degrees). Cooking candied fruits for 2-2.5 hours (depending on the juiciness of the fruit).
Candied fruits, we often see "dried" fruits with this name in a store or market. And most of us acquire them. The most common of these sweets are prunes, dried apricots, dried banana and dates.
Candied fruits are an excellent substitute for sweets for young children, because they are not only tasty, but also very healthy. Also, such are well received by guests, especially during the tea ceremony. Candied fruits are satisfying and interesting in any form.
Let's surprise your family and friends with new culinary delights!
So, for cooking candied pumpkin fruits, we need following:
- Pumpkin - 1kg.,
- Granulated sugar - 1.2 kg.,
- Water - 300 g
- Vanillin - 0.05 g,
- Citric acid - 3 g.
Candied pumpkin in the oven for the winter, a simple recipe with a photo:
Work on the preparation of candied fruits begins with the purification of the main ingredient - pumpkin. To do this, we will prepare a vegetable peeler, it will help to cut the pumpkin skin very thinly. Peel the pumpkin completely, cut it in half and remove the insides with the seeds. 
Then cut the pumpkin into medium cubes using a sharp knife. 
Blanch the sliced pumpkin in hot boiling water for about 7-10 minutes. Then immediately chill the pumpkin in cold water. 
In the meantime, let's get down to preparing candied fruit syrup. To do this, add granulated sugar, soda and citric acid to a saucepan. 
While we were preparing the syrup, the pumpkin should already be ready for further work. Send the blanched pumpkin cubes to a fine sieve and set aside so that all the water is completely glass. 
Then boil the pumpkin drenched in syrup over low heat for about 15 minutes and leave aside for 9-10 hours. 
Then again we cook again on low heat for about 14-15 minutes and stand for the same number of hours (ten). In the process of the third cooking, boil the pumpkin until cooked, that is, until the syrup boils 108 degrees. And at the end of cooking the third in a row, add vanillin to the mixture. 
Put the pumpkin cubes boiled until cooked in a colander or fine sieve and wait until the syrup is completely drained. It takes no more than two hours approximately. 
Put the prepared and cooled pieces of pumpkin on a baking sheet in one row and send them to the oven, preheated to 35-40 degrees. Candied fruits can also be dried at room temperature in the sun for 2-3 days. 
We take out the half finished candied pumpkin fruits from the oven and process them further. 
We roll each piece in granulated sugar and put them again in one layer on a baking sheet. And we dry until cooked. 
Candied pumpkin fruits are ready when they are dry and non-sticky. 
Store candied fruits in clean, hermetically sealed glass containers. This simple recipe is suitable for harvesting candied fruits for the winter. 
Candied fruits are the crust or hard pulp of sweet fruits or berries. The main ingredient for this dessert is pear, cherry, watermelon rind, citrus or pumpkin. Cooking delicacies is no different from making jam, and all the ingredients are in any home.
Candied fruits are used not only as a sweetness, but also as a decoration for jelly, pie or cake. Sugared pumpkin pieces contain useful substances, as well as vitamins of groups A, B, C and E. Candied fruits are indispensable in the fight against stress, apathy and asthenia.
A simple recipe
The pre-peeled pumpkin must be cut into medium-sized pieces.
Thin slices can dry out a lot and burn. Cut the lemon into quarters.
Sugar, cloves, cinnamon, lemon, pumpkin are mixed in a small container and everything is set aside until morning.
During the night, the vegetable starts up juice, allowing the sugar to dissolve faster. The syrup must be brought to a boil, boiled for a couple of minutes and removed from the stove. The mixture should cool and soak, so it will take 6 to 10 hours. This is one run, which will need to be repeated 4 more times.
The syrup is carefully drained, it is better to leave the pumpkin pieces in a colander for two hours. If the liquid remains at the bottom, then candied fruits will dry for a very long time. The future sweet dish is laid out on a baking sheet and baked in the oven at a temperature of 50 degrees for 4-5 hours.
Warm candied fruits are carefully rolled in powdered sugar.
Candied honey pumpkin in the oven
Ingredients:
- sugar - 200 g;
- pumpkin - 1 kg;
- honey - 60 ml;
- citrus - 1 pc.;
- sugar powder.
Cooking time: 4 hours.
Caloric content: 305 kcal.
The pumpkin is cut into small pieces, covered with sugar and set aside overnight. In the morning, the juice must be drained into another container. Cut the lemon into small slices, remove all seeds and chop with a blender or fine grater.
The processed lemon is then mixed with pumpkin juice and honey. Then the resulting mixture is brought to a boil and boiled for 3 minutes.
The syrup is gently strained and poured into a container with pumpkin pieces. All ingredients are boiled for an hour and a half until the syrup begins to thicken.
Almost finished candied fruits are filtered and laid out on parchment for drying. Drying can be done both in an electric dryer and in a convection oven at a temperature of 50 degrees. The cooled dried pumpkin is rolled in powdered sugar.
Recipe for making candied pumpkin with spices
Ingredients:
- vegetable (pumpkin) - 1 kg;
- water - 700 ml;
- sugar - 1 kg;
- vanilla, cinnamon - 1 stick each;
- cloves - 2 pcs.
Cooking time: 4 hours.
Caloric content: 125 kcal.
The pumpkin is peeled and peeled, washed and cut into small cubes. In a separate container, it is necessary to boil the syrup from sugar and pure water. After it boils, pumpkin and spices are added to it.
The mixture is cooked for 5 minutes and then cooled. The process is repeated about 6 times until the pumpkin slices are translucent like caramel.
The candied fruits are taken out and laid back in a colander so that the syrup can drain. Then they are laid out on parchment paper and dried. It is better to dry the sweetness in the oven with a temperature regime of up to 50 degrees. After cooling, the candied fruits are sprinkled with powdered sugar. For caramelization, you can use the multicooker by selecting the "steaming" mode.
How to cook candied pumpkin with citrus fruits
Ingredients:
- pumpkin pulp - 2 kg;
- clean water - 1 glass;
- sugar - 700 g;
- orange - 2 pcs.;
- vanillin;
- powdered sugar.
Cooking time: 10 hours.
Caloric content: 205 kcal.
The pumpkin pulp is cut into plates, strips or cubes. Citrus fruits must be peeled, seeds removed and divided into wedges. Separately, you need to prepare a syrup from water and sugar, bring to a boil and stir constantly.
Pumpkin and orange are added to the sweet mixture, after which it is boiled for 7 minutes. The pumpkin container is removed from the stove and set aside for 2-3 hours until it cools completely. The procedure is repeated two times.
Then the candied fruit syrup is drained, and orange slices are taken out. Pumpkin slices should be transparent and soft. They are laid out on a baking sheet, on parchment and sent to the oven for 5 hours at a maximum temperature of 40 degrees.
After cooking and cooling the sweet pumpkin, sprinkle it with powdered sugar and vanilla.
Candied pumpkin in lemon-orange syrup
Ingredients:
- peeled vegetable (pumpkin) - 1 kg;
- water - 1 glass;
- sugar - 300 g;
- cinnamon - 5 g;
- orange and lemon - 1/2 each;
- cloves - 3 pcs.
Cooking time: 6 hours.
Caloric content: 230 kcal.
The pumpkin should be cut into medium sized pieces of equal size so that they cook at the same time. Then you need to boil the syrup from water, sugar, cloves, cinnamon, juice of half a citrus fruit.
After the sugar is completely dissolved, a vegetable is added to the mixture, and the fire is reduced. When the syrup boils, the ingredients still need to be boiled for 7 minutes.
The pumpkin slices should be soft. It is required to carefully put them in another container so that the excess liquid is glass, but this will take about 2 hours. Candied fruits are laid out on baking paper and placed in the oven for 3 hours.
After this time has elapsed, the baking sheet is removed, the pumpkin pieces are cooled and rolled in sugar. It is recommended to store the finished delicacy in a glass jar.
Homemade candied pumpkin fruits are very popular, because even children love this healthy product in this form. All reviews about such a simple but delicious dessert are positive.
Many housewives know several secrets that simplify cooking candied pumpkin fruits. Here are the main ones:
- The taste of the prepared delicacy depends on the type of pumpkin. The best option is considered a nutmeg type of vegetable, in which the delicate pulp resembles the taste of a pear;
- To make sure that the pumpkin dessert is ready to eat, you need to test it for readiness. It should not stick to your hands and be dry;
- Dessert is easily prepared in a multicooker, you just need to set the "multi-cook" mode, set the temperature first to 100 degrees, and then to 85. The lid must be constantly open;
- Store cooked pumpkin in tight-fitting glass jars or a bag made of dense material to help prevent insects or moisture from entering.
Pumpkin dessert is not only tasty, but also healthy. You only need a couple of ingredients that any housewife has and a little time for making sweet candied fruits.
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