Candied pumpkin in the oven at home

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make candied pumpkin at home in the oven? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Candied fruits can be made from any pumpkin. However, it is better to take those varieties that have a denser pulp, there is less moisture in it and they are easier to dry and dry. Usually these pumpkins ripen the very last. Take spices to taste.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the pumpkin well, peel and remove the seeds. Do not throw away the seeds - they can be dried and eaten, they are very useful. Cut the pulp into cubes of about 1x1 cm and transfer to a saucepan. It will not take too much time to prepare candied fruits of this size and it will be convenient to eat them ready.

3. Step 3:

   

   Fill the pumpkin with sugar and mix so that the sugar mixes evenly with the pumpkin pieces. Cover with a lid and leave for 6-10 hours. If you don't have much time, stir the pumpkin every hour. This way the sugar will dissolve faster and the pumpkin will give juice. I left it overnight.

4. Step 4:

   

   During this time, the sugar will dissolve and mix with the released pumpkin juice. Add citric acid and spices, mix.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put on a large fire. Bring to a boil and cook until the pumpkin is soft. Since all pumpkins are different and are cooked in different dishes and on different plates, it is difficult to say the exact time, so the pumpkin needs to be checked. It should not be cooked completely, otherwise it will turn into jam. I had 3 minutes. Cool completely.

6. Step 6:

   

   Put the pumpkin in a colander and drain all the syrup. Boil the syrup and boil for 5-7 minutes.

8. Step 7:

   

   Pour hot syrup over the pumpkin so that it is completely in the syrup, and cool.

9. Step 8:

   

   Repeat steps 6 and 7. Then transfer the pumpkin pieces to a colander and leave for 1.5-2 hours so that the syrup completely drains.

10. Step 9:

    

    Preheat the oven to 100 degrees. Place the pumpkin pieces on a baking sheet with parchment, so as not to stick together, at a distance from each other. Dry in the oven with the door ajar for 2-3 hours.

11. Step 10:

    

    Candied fruits should decrease in size and become a little glassy. Carefully - do not overdo it in the oven, candied fruits should not become dry and hard. The surface may remain slightly sticky.

12. Step 11:

    

    Transfer the candied fruits to a flat dish or tray and leave in the room (choose a room well ventilated and with dry air) and leave the candied fruits to walk for about a day.

13. Step 12:

    

    Mix powdered sugar with starch and spray this mixture over candied fruits, mix thoroughly. If there are clumped pieces, separate them so that they roll in powder from all sides. Store in closed containers in a cool, dry place.