Pumpkin and dried fruit jam

The idea of a delicacy is pumpkin jam with dried fruits! . I recommend that my patients who are trying to normalize their weight and improve their skin condition definitely add pumpkin to their diet! It perfectly saturates despite the fact that there are only 22 calories in 100 grams. My family just adore him)
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 7 % 2 g
Fats 21 % 6 g
Carbohydrates 71 % 20 g
147 kcal
GI: 5 / 29 / 67

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    In a deep frying pan, heat vegetable oil - olive or grape seed oil and fry the diced pumpkin.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    This is what a pumpkin fried on high heat looks like.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Now add the rest of the ingredients of this extraordinary sugar-free jam to it. 1.5 cups of dried fruit mixture. I made an emphasis in it on dried cranberries in apple juice as a source of vitamin C, but you can use any dried fruits in different proportions depending on the effect that you want to get. For example, with insufficient intestinal activity, you can take more prunes, and with heart diseases - more dried apricots.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Water - 3/4 cup, a teaspoon of cinnamon and according to the recipe 5 tablespoons of date honey. But I'll only take 3 tablespoons of silane and 2 maple syrup. This will slightly reduce the calorie content and add nuances of taste. Mix everything, close the lid and cook over low heat for about an hour.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    When the pumpkin jam has already cooled down, you can decorate it with walnuts and pumpkin seeds.

From a medical point of view, the most important qualities of pumpkin are its soothing and analgesic properties. And provitamins A, which are in excess in it, have a good effect on the skin.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Pumpkin - 29   kcal/100g
  • Lemon - 16   kcal/100g
  • Lemon zest - 47   kcal/100g
  • Honey - 400   kcal/100g
  • Walnuts - 650   kcal/100g
  • Black Walnut English Walnut - 628   kcal/100g
  • Black Persian Walnut - 651   kcal/100g
  • Walnut oil - 925   kcal/100g
  • Cinnamon - 247   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913   kcal/100g
  • Dried fruit mixture - 250   kcal/100g

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