Airy Pumpkin Cake
Description
You can add any spices (cinnamon, ginger, cardamom) to the dough for this pie, as well as citrus zest, because these ingredients harmonize perfectly with the flavor and aroma of sweet pumpkin. Try it, you’ll like it. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients required for making a light pumpkin pie. Any nuts can be used in this case (walnuts, almonds, cashews, etc.), you just need to roast them beforehand in a pan or in the oven.
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Step 2
Cut the pumpkin flesh into small cubes, add sugar and citric acid. Mix and let stand for 20–30 minutes so that the pumpkin releases its juice and the sugar dissolves.
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Step 3
In a separate container, prepare a dry mixture of flour, nutmeg, and baking powder.
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Step 4
After the specified amount of time, the pumpkin pieces will soften and be in the sweet syrup. Now separate the eggs into whites and yolks and add the latter to the pumpkin pieces, stir.
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Step 5
Using a sieve, sift the previously prepared flour mixture into the pumpkin‑egg yolk mass and combine the dough components.
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Step 6
Finely chop the nuts into crumbs and add them to the dough, mixing well.
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Step 7
Whisk the previously set‑aside egg whites into a stiff foam with a pinch of salt. Make sure the egg whites are well chilled.
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Step 8
In 2–3 additions, fold the beaten egg whites into the dough, gently mixing the mass from bottom to top.
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Step 9
The pie dough should have a sour cream-like consistency. Pour it into the prepared pan and place it in an oven preheated to 180 °C.
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Step 10
Bake the airy pumpkin pie for 40–50 minutes until a golden crust forms on its surface.
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Step 11
Remove the baked pie from the oven, let it cool, and serve with tea. As an accompaniment to such pastries, berry jam or jelly works perfectly. Try it!