Photograph of the finished Calabaza en tacha

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Calabaza en tacha

1 hr 30 min Hands-on time
EasyDifficulty
6 stepsSteps
Serves 4 Amounts follow along 4

What to get ready

  • Photograph of Pumpkin Pumpkin 1.8 lb
  • Photograph of Palm sugar Palm sugar 8.5 oz
  • Photograph of Cinnamon Cinnamon 0.1 oz
  • Photograph of Orange Orange 1.2
  • Photograph of Cloves Cloves 8 buds
  • Photograph of Sugarcane Sugarcane 4.2 oz

Method

  1. 1 Wash the pumpkin thoroughly, cut it into large pieces with the skin on, and keep the seeds.
  2. 2 Boil palm sugar with 200 ml of water along with cinnamon, cloves, orange peel, and a piece of sugarcane for 15 minutes until it dissolves into a fragrant syrup.
  3. 3 Arrange the pumpkin pieces in a thick-bottomed pot, then pour in the sugar syrup until it partially covers the pumpkin pieces.
  4. 4 Cover and simmer over low heat for 1 hour, occasionally ladling the syrup over the pumpkin.
  5. 5 Leave the lid open and simmer for another 15 minutes until the sugar syrup thickens and the pumpkin turns amber in color.
  6. 6 Let it cool down a bit, then serve with cold fresh milk.

With an appliance

  • Oven 1 hr 50 min

    Replace step 4: Cover the pot of pumpkin and cook on the middle rack of the oven at 160 degrees for 55 minutes, ladle the syrup over the surface once at minute 30. Open the lid, increase the temperature to 180 degrees and cook for another 12 minutes (replacing step 5) to thicken the syrup.

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