Pumpkin Dessert With Walnuts Recipe

Pumpkin is a vegetable that is very easy to cook and you can create various flavors with different nuts you can add according to your taste. In Turkish cuisine, it is mostly cooked with sugar and made dessert. Enjoy your meal!

Ingredients:

For 4 people

🕐 Preparation: 15 min. 🕐 Cooking: 45 min.


Pumpkin (Stripped)	2	Kilogram
Lemon Juice	1	Tsp (large)
Granulated Sugar	2	Cup


Walnut ((ground))	1	Cup
Tahini	2	Rounded Tbsp
Sesame	1	Tsp (large)

Instructions:

Peel the pumpkins leaving no green part. Divide into cubes, measuring 5x5 cm.
Rinse and dry with a paper towel. Place in a flat pot, not overlapping.
Drizzle over the powdered sugar and leave overnight. If you're going to cook it right away, add a cup of water.
Cook the zucchini, which releases its juice, for 10 minutes on medium heat. Put it on low heat and cook it until it is soft and the syrup is thick. Drizzle a teaspoon of lemon juice and remove from the heat.
Finely chop the walnuts through the rondo or chop with a knife to the size you desire.
If you want to give your dessert a caramelized taste, add sesame seeds. Operate the oven without a fan and on the grill setting. Bake on the top rack until brown.
You can make a presentation with tahini, which goes well with pumpkin. For the sauce, add two spoons of half a tea glass of tahini dessert syrup. Adjust the consistency with a spoonful of warm water.
Decorate the zucchini you took on the serving plate with walnuts and tahini sauce and present them. Enjoy your meal!
Note: You can also serve this dessert with tahini-molasses sauce or cream.

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