Baked Pumpkin And Onion Slices Recipes

BAKED PUMPKIN SLICES

Steps:

• Oven: 325 deg F/160 deg C.
• The pumpkin need only be washed, should not be too old. Do not peel it. Slice like melon, and remove seeds.
• Arrange the slices either along the length of an oven dish, overlapping slightly, or in a round dish, again overlapping slightly.
• Smear the butter over the slices more or less as much as 2 good teaspoons per slice, and please do use real butter.
• Sprinkle the brown sugar over the buttered slices, and be generous.
• Sprinkle cinnamon over the whole lot, and then sprinkle lightly with salt.
• Bake until the pumpkin peel is soft and the dish looks done, with the sugar melted -- about 45 minutes. But please use your own judgement.
• We often made this in the oven of a black coal-and-wood fired stove on a farm, and simply checked to see when it was done.
• The pumpkin will be tender, of course, and the peel will taste like toffee and will be only slightly chewier, soft and edible. This is delicious if the pumpkin and flavours come together!

ROASTED PUMPKIN RECIPE (SPICY WEDGES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius/ 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cut pumpkin: Wash and dry the Hokkaido pumpkin, you don't have to peel this sort. However, if you use butternut squash or other kinds of pumpkin, you will have to peel those. Remove the seeds. Cut the pumpkin into wedges, about 1.5 cm/ 0.6 inches thick. Place them in a bowl or a casserole dish if you are baking them directly.
• Spice mixture: In a small bowl, mix the roughly chopped garlic and the spices. Add the olive oil and stir to blend. You could add more olive oil if you wish, but I don't find it necessary. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Marinate: Pour the mixture over the pumpkin wedges and rub well with your hands to make sure that all the wedges are coated in the spice mixture. Leave to marinate for a while or roast immediately.
• Roast for about 25-30 minutes until the wedges are as soft as you like them. You could start checking after about 20 minutes already.
• Yogurt tahini dip: Mix Greek yogurt, tahini, za'atar, grated garlic clove and salt, pepper, and lemon juice to taste.
• Serve hot with yogurt tahini dip or as a side dish.

BAKED PUMPKIN SLICES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cut the pumpkin, from top to bottom, into 1 to 1 1/2 inch thick slices; discard seeds and strings.
• Spread slices on a lightly oiled baking sheet.
• Combine the remaining oil with the rest of the ingredients and brush a bit of this mixture onto the pumpkin.
• Bake for about 25 minutes, turn, brush again, and bake until done, an additional 20 to 30 minutes.
• Run the slices very briefly under the broiler to brown them if you like.
• Serve.