Pumpkin casserole is a fall dish. However, very few people know about it. Probably, the reason is that pumpkin dishes are not particularly popular. Most often we hear about pumpkin drinks or pies. And casserole is something more similar to meat dishes.
Someone believes that a vegetable casserole can not be tasty and hearty at all.
It is worth debunking stereotypes about pumpkin casserole, as it is a really delicious dish. Let’s show you how to cook pumpkin casserole.
Ingredients for pumpkin casserole:
- rice – 200 g;
- pumpkin – kg;
- butter – 20 g;
- sugar – tbsp;
- raisins – 150 g;
- peeled sunflower seeds – 50 g;
- eggs – 5 pcs;
- sugar – 100 g;
- vanilla sugar – tsp;
- salt – a pinch;
- vegetable oil – 4 tbsp;
- milk – 400 g.
Preparation of pumpkin casserole:
Boil pure rice in boiling water for 10 minutes. At this time, peel the pumpkin and remove its skin. Cut the pumpkin into small pieces, place ½ of it in a mold greased with butter.
½ of the raisins and peeled sunflower seeds are also poured into the mold.
Remove the boiled rice from the water, place it on the pumpkin, tamp it down.
Cover the rice layer with the remaining pumpkin, sunflower seeds and raisins.
In a separate bowl break eggs, pour classic and vanilla sugar, salt.
Pour vegetable oil and milk to the eggs, mix thoroughly
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Pour the resulting mixture into the mold with pumpkin and rice.
Bake the pumpkin dish at 180 degrees in the oven for 40-45 minutes. Then cover with parchment and leave it to cool for 15-20 minutes.
We get a sweet hearty pumpkin casserole.
This recipe is budget-friendly and does not require any expensive products.
