Pumpkin marshmallow: the best recipes for making pumpkin marshmallow at home

Pastille base – pumpkin puree

To prepare marshmallows, use any type of pumpkin, but the nutmeg one, which has bright orange flesh, looks the most advantageous. You don’t need to add sugar to this pumpkin pastille, as it is already very sweet.

First of all, wash the vegetable thoroughly and dry it with towels. Next, the pumpkin is cleaned and freed from seeds and fibers, and the pulp is cut into small cubes.

Before pureeing a vegetable, it must be heat treated. You can do this in several ways:

• In a double boiler or steamed slow cooker. Product readiness time is 10 – 15 minutes.
• In a saucepan.Place pumpkin pieces in a thick-walled bowl and simmer, covered, with a little water, until soft.
• In the oven. The pumpkin is baked in the oven at 200 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes.

The softened pumpkin pieces are pureed in a blender until smooth.

How to dry pumpkin marshmallow

There can be several ways to dry marshmallows:

• In the sun. This process is quite time-consuming and requires appropriate weather conditions. Drying time is from 5 to 10 days. This largely depends on the thickness of the fruit and vegetable mass.

• In the oven. The trays are covered with parchment, which is greased with a thin layer of vegetable oil. Pumpkin puree is spread on the prepared surface and dried until tender at a temperature of 70 - 80 degrees. The oven door must be ajar to ensure good air circulation.
• In an electric dryer. Many units are equipped with special trays for preparing marshmallows; if your dryer does not have one, then simply place the marshmallow on a sheet of baking paper greased. The product should be dried at a temperature of 70 degrees until the marshmallow stops sticking to your hands.

Below we will look at recipes for making pumpkin pastille based on puree made from pumpkin.

The best pumpkin marshmallow recipes

Pastila with orange without sugar

• pumpkin – 600 grams;
• orange - 1 piece.

Before cooking, place the orange in boiling water for 1-2 minutes. This procedure allows you to get rid of the wax that is used to treat fruits for longer storage. Next, it is washed and wiped dry with a napkin.To get as much juice as possible, the orange is squeezed forcefully between the palms or rolled several times on the table with pressure. Then the zest is cut from the orange using a fine grater and the juice is squeezed out.

Add the zest and juice to the pumpkin puree and mix thoroughly. The mixture is placed on baking sheets and dried until ready.

Pumpkin pastille with apples and honey

• pumpkin – 2 kilograms;
• apples – 2 pieces;
• sugar – 50 grams;
• honey – 300 grams;
• ginger root – 0.5 teaspoon;
• cinnamon – 0.5 teaspoon;

Apple puree prepared using a similar technology is added to the prepared pumpkin mass. Next, sugar, honey and spices are added to the fruit and vegetable paste. Everything is thoroughly mixed and sent to dry.

Watch the video recipe from the channel “Sam Jene” - Apple and pumpkin pastille with grape juice

Pastila with walnuts

• pumpkin – 1.5 kilograms;
• honey – 100 grams;
• sugar – 200 grams;
• walnuts – 1.5 cups;
• lemon – 2 pieces.

The zest is cut from the lemon and the juice is squeezed out of it. Walnuts are peeled and crushed in a blender. Lemon, nuts, sugar and honey are added to pumpkin puree. After the sugar crystals disperse, the mass is sent to dry.

Pumpkin marshmallow with yogurt

• pumpkin – 500 grams;
• low-fat sweet yogurt - 2 jars of 125 grams;
• cinnamon;
• ginger.

Spices and yogurt are added to the prepared chilled pumpkin puree, everything is thoroughly mixed and sent to dry.

Pumpkin pastille with whipped egg whites and lemon

• pumpkin – 500 grams;
• chicken proteins – 2 pieces;
• sugar 500 grams;
• lemon – 1 piece;
• gelatin – 1 sachet.

Add lemon juice and sugar to the prepared pumpkin puree. After the sugar has completely dissolved, add egg whites, beaten to stiff peaks.Without ceasing to stir, the vegetable mass is brought to a homogeneous consistency. As soon as the puree increases in volume, the workpiece is placed on a baking sheet to dry.

Watch the video from the “Vesyoly Smile” channel, which will tell you in detail how to prepare dietary pumpkin marshmallow