Gnocchi, burgers, mashed potatoes, chips or muffins: which one do you want to try first? Even the most skeptical little palates will give in in front of these dishes
To eat the vegetables to children it is always a bit difficult, but if it is colored vegetables with a sweet taste then the work gets less hard.
As in the case of pumpkin, for example, which is also an excellent source of vitamins, minerals and fiber, and which can be cooked in many ways.
Perhaps we will not convince an inappetent mini palate with soups, roasts and steaming, but with dumplings, meatballs and chips most likely yes. Here are our proposals!
pumpkin gnocchi
The pumpkin gnocchi they are delicious and super easy to cook.
Of a nice orange color, they are simply prepared with the pumpkin pulp and flour.
The pumpkin pulp is obtained simply by cooking the cut pumpkin and with the peel a 200 ° in a static oven for 40 minutes or an hour, it depends on the size of the pieces or the whole pumpkin.
The ideal is the Delica squash which has a very distinctive taste and is not very watery.
Choose a Delica that is not too large, put it in the oven whole or sliced after simply washing it and cook it for an hour.
Once soft, peel it, remove the seeds, and use the pulp for the gnocchi.
Just mix it with the flour and add a pinch of salt. About 500 g of cooked pumpkin pulp and 300 g of flour to bring 4 medium portions to the table.
Make gnocchi as usual and then indulge yourself with the sauce: simply oil, or butter, and parmesan, or tasty sauces if the children like them.
Pumpkin burger
Here is an idea for a second, but also a single dish that will drive every child crazy.
Who says no to a Hamburger? Meat or pumpkin, who cares? Nobody will notice.
To prepare the vegetarian burger used 300 g of pumpkin pulp cooked and mashed and mixed with 100 g of boiled potatoes, 30 g of grated Parmesan, 1 egg white, chopped rosemary, 4 tablespoons of breadcrumbs and a pinch of salt.
Once the mixture is ready, form burgers and, if necessary, lightly bread them with more breadcrumbs to prevent them from breaking during cooking.
You can cook them in cooking pan with a drizzle of oil or in the oven at 200 ° for about 20 minutes.
Then stuff some soft rolls and season everything with some sauce.
Pumpkin chips
To get some chips really super crunchy, the solution isdryer.
However, not everyone has this tool at home, but we can try to obtain an optimal result simply with the oven… or with the deep fryer!
The important thing is to cut the pumpkin thinly with one mandolin and then dry it well with absorbent paper.
When it has completely lost its water, arrange the slices on top greaseproof paper, season with a drizzle of oil and bake them at 200° until they become crunchy. Approximately 15 minutes.
Same thing if you want to prepare some sticks: first dry them well and then cook them.
You can also fry, of course!
Pumpkin puree
With the same mixture of the burgers you can prepare some breaded cutlets, but add more breadcrumbs in both the base and the breadcrumbs.
What better accompaniment than the mashed potato?
We prepare it with pumpkin and potatoes in a classic way, simply by cooking 300 g of cooked pumpkin pulp with 300 g of boiled potatoes, is milk just enough to create a kind of cream.
Add a little butter or oil, a little nutmeg for the perfume and some grated Parmesan. The puree is ready!
Pumpkin muffin
We conclude with a sweet recipe, perfect at any time: breakfast, school snack and afternoon snack.
THE pumpkin muffin with chocolate chips they are very soft, softer than muffin classic, super moist and delicious.
As always, cook first 230 g of pumpkin cleaned of the peel. Wrap it in aluminum foil and bake it at 200 ° for about 25 minutes.
Once soft, let it cool and then blend it.
In the meantime, work with the whips 150 g of soft butter, 100 g of brown sugar and 90 g of honey.
Then add an egg and pumpkin stirring again and finally a teaspoon of yeast, 200 g of 00 flour, plenty of cinnamon, if you like, and a pinch of salt.
The chocolate chips must first be floured to avoid falling to the bottom during cooking, or keep them in the freezer for a while before adding them to the mixture.
Fill a greased and floured muffin mold or lined with baking cups and bake at 180 ° for 25-30 minutes.
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