September is the pumpkin season, when housewives begin to prepare a variety of dishes from this product. I offer a delicious recipe for cooking pumpkin and cottage cheese casserole.
Content:
- Features of cooking
- The benefits of pumpkin
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Features of cooking pumpkin and cottage cheese casserole
Any pumpkin casseroles are very simple and difficult to prepare, even for inexperienced cooks and novice housewives. Also, no special culinary knowledge is required. The main thing is to follow all the recommendations and step-by-step cooking steps set out in the recipe, then the casserole will definitely be delicious.
In this recipe, pumpkin casserole is cooked with cottage cheese. However, you can combine pumpkin with a wide variety of foods. Any fresh and frozen fruit, raisins, dried apricots, nuts, coconut, chocolate, honey, etc. are suitable for a sweet casserole. A salty casserole can be made with mushrooms, bacon, minced meat, cheese, rice, and all kinds of vegetables. In addition, the flavor of the casserole can be adjusted by the added spices and herbs. Ginger, ground pepper, thyme, caraway seeds, cardamom, rosemary, cinnamon go well with pumpkin.
The benefits of pumpkin in a casserole with cottage cheese
Pumpkin casserole, and various dishes with this vegetable, are very useful and are an integral part of a healthy diet for all people. Almost all pumpkin dishes are considered the best in the dietary menu and are recommended for the prevention of various diseases. For example, pumpkin promotes weight loss and boosts metabolism.
The regular presence of pumpkin in the diet will help cure cardiovascular diseases, gallstone and skin diseases, improve vision, get rid of obesity, insomnia and colds.
The high content of potassium in pumpkin will strengthen blood vessels, improve heart function and cure iron deficiency anemia. Also, the beneficial properties of the fetus will restore tooth enamel, destroy intestinal parasites, improve male potency and strengthen the nervous system.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 113 kcal.
- Servings - 4
- Cooking time - 1 hour
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin - 250 g
- Cottage cheese - 250 g
- Milk - 200 ml
- Semolina - 3 tablespoons
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Butter - 100 g
- Sugar to taste
- Salt - a pinch
Making a pumpkin and cottage cheese casserole
1. First of all, prepare the pumpkin, namely, peel it, wash the pulp and grate on a coarse grater or cut into pieces. Place the pumpkin in a saucepan, cover with water and cook with the lid closed until soft. Check the readiness of the product with a knife.
2. Drain the pot and use a potato grinder or blender to crush the pumpkin into pumpkin puree.
3. Simultaneously with the pumpkin, put semolina porridge on the stove. Pour milk into a saucepan or other container, put semolina, sugar and put on fire. When the milk boils, reduce the flame to the smallest and cook the porridge until it has completely absorbed all the milk. After that, let the porridge cool slightly.
4. Now start preparing the dough. In a deep container, put the cottage cheese, which you remember with a fork, to knead all the lumps.
5. Pour in the semolina and mix the foods well.
6. Add butter at room temperature.
7. Little by little add pumpkin puree to the dough, gradually stirring it in.
8. Beat the eggs into a high container and add some sugar.
9. With a mixer or blender, beat the eggs white and double in volume.
10. Pour the egg mass into the dough and stir in gently to prevent the eggs from shrinking.
eleven. Grease a baking dish with butter and transfer to the dough. Heat the oven to 200 degrees and send the pumpkin casserole to bake for 20-25 minutes. Allow the finished casserole to cool, decorate with fruit slices if desired and serve it with freshly brewed tea.
See also the video recipe for making pumpkin casserole with cottage cheese:
