Pumpkin Panellets Recipe

This week I bring you to this article some pumpkin panellets, some sweets that are prepared for the night of the Castañada or for All Saints Day. It is a simple cake to prepare at home that is very good and juicy. The base of these pumpkin panellets is sugar and almonds, but then you can add any flavor you like.

Do you want to know how to prepare pumpkin panellets? These homemade panellets are delicious!

Ingredients to make Pumpkin Panellets:

• 250 grams of cooked or roasted pumpkin
• 300 grams of ground almonds
• 150 grams of sugar (¾ cup)
• 1 lemon zest
• 1 egg
• 100 grams of granulated almonds
• 1 handful of raw almonds

How to make Pumpkin Panellets:

1. We prepare the ingredients. Peel and cut the pumpkin into pieces, put it in a bowl and cook it in the microwave until it is very soft
2. In a bowl we put the ground almonds, the sugar, the cooked and crushed pumpkin and a little lemon zest. We’ll mix it all up.
3. If we see that it is difficult for it to stick together, we beat the egg and add a couple of tablespoons, this helps to mix everything better and the panellet dough is juicier
4. When we have the pumpkin marzipan well mixed, we will roll it up in plastic wrap and make a very tight roll. We will put it in the fridge for a couple of hoursor we will leave it overnight.
5. When we go to prepare the panellets we will put a little sugar in a bowl, and on a plate we will put ground almonds and some whole almonds.
6.  They can be coated with whatever you like.
7. We make balls with the dough and coat themwith the granulated almonds, and others we pass them through the sugar and put an almond in the center.
8. We put the pumpkin panellets on a baking tray, and paint them with the help of a brush with beaten egg.
9. Bake at 180ºC until golden brown.
10. Remove the pumpkin panellets from the oven, let them cool. Ready to eat!
11. If you have leftover pumpkin you can always take advantage of it to make this pumpkin puree pie or baked pumpkin pie recipe.