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🍰 Pumpkin Cinnamon Snail
397 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- Hokkaido pumpkin 1 pc.
- yeast, fresh 42 g
- water 4 tbsp
- sugar 130 g
- wheat flour, Type 405 700 g
- eggs 1 pc.
- milk 150 ml
- salt 1 tsp
- butter 130 g
- pecan nuts 200 g
- cinnamon 1 tsp
- nutmeg, ground pinch
- lemon juice 1 tbsp
- powdered sugar 100 g
- cream cheese, plain 50 g
- vanilla extract 1 tsp
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius with hot air circulation.
- 2. Thoroughly wash the Hokkaido pumpkin.
- 3. Cut the pumpkin in half.
- 4. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- 5. Place the pumpkin halves cut-side down on the tray.
- 6. Bake the pumpkin in the preheated oven for about one hour.
- 7. Check if the pumpkin is completely soft.
- 8. Remove the pumpkin from the oven.
- 9. Let the pumpkin cool down.
- 10. Carefully separate the flesh from the skin using a spoon.
- 11. Weigh out 300 grams of the pumpkin flesh.
- 12. Put the yeast into a mixing bowl.
- 13. Add two tablespoons of water.
- 14. Add 80 grams of sugar.
- 15. Mix the yeast, water, and sugar well together.
- 16. Add the weighed pumpkin puree to the bowl.
- 17. Add the flour.
- 18. Add the egg.
- 19. Add the warm milk.
- 20. Add the salt.
- 21. Add 80 grams of soft butter.
- 22. Knead the dough until smooth for about 10 minutes.
- 23. Shape the dough into a ball.
- 24. Lightly grease the dough ball.
- 25. Cover the dough ball.
- 26. Let the dough rest for about one hour.
- 27. Wait until the volume of the dough has doubled.
- 28. Put 50 grams of sugar into a coated pan.
- 29. Add two tablespoons of water.
- 30. Add the pecan nuts.
- 31. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- 32. Continue to cook the mixture over medium heat.
- 33. Wait until the water has completely evaporated.
- 34. Let the sugar caramelize around the nuts.
- 35. Turn off the stove.
- 36. Remove the pan from the heat.
- 37. Add cinnamon.
- 38. Add a pinch of grated nutmeg.
- 39. Let the nuts cool down.
- 40. Roughly chop the caramelized nuts.
- 41. Grease a round baking dish with baking spray or butter.
- 42. Sprinkle some flour on the work surface.
- 43. Roll out the dough into a large rectangle.
- 44. Brush the dough with 50 grams of soft butter.
- 45. Cut the dough into strips.
- 46. Ensure the strips are about half as high as your baking dish.
- 47. Set aside a few chopped nuts.
- 48. Sprinkle the remaining nuts over the dough strips.
- 49. Roll the first strip into a snail shape.
- 50. Place the first snail in the center of the baking dish.
- 51. Place the next strip around the first snail.
- 52. Continue to wrap all strips into one large snail.
- 53. Sprinkle the reserved chopped nuts over the snail.
- 54. Place the dish in the cold oven.
- 55. Let the dough rise again during the heating phase.
- 56. Bake the snail at 170 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
- 57. Bake the snail for about 35 to 40 minutes.
- 58. Remove the snail from the oven.
- 59. Let the snail cool down slightly.
- 60. Mix the lemon juice with the powdered sugar.
- 61. Add the cream cheese.
- 62. Add the vanilla extract.
- 63. Mix the ingredients for the glaze well.
- 64. Spread the glaze over the pumpkin snail.
- 65. Sprinkle the remaining nuts over it for serving.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 397
- Protein: 8 g · Fett/Fat: 15 g · Carbs: 58 g