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Cooking with pumpkin seed oil – the Styrian delicacy

Pumpkin oil in the kitchen: an exceptional taste adventure

Dark, tasty and incredibly versatile: Known as exceptional taste adventure, the Styrian pumpkin seed oil should be an inherent part of every pantry. Pumpkin oil from Austria is a remarkable result of long-standing agricultural work and a true allrounder in the kitchen – provided that you know how to best use it for your daily dishes. Before we delve deeper into the Styrian cuisine, a very important tip from us Styrians at the beginning: When you buy pumpkin seed oil, watch out for the PGI-seal. This seal indicates that the used pumpkin seeds solely come from protected geographical growing areas.

For businesses of all sizes, we can recommend pumpkin seed oil for the B2B market. You won’t regret the purchase of the dark, multi-award-winning, and unique delicacy.

Beginner tips for cooking with pumpkin oil

From fresh salads to tasty main dishes to sweet ice-cream creations: Pumpkin seed oil goes nicely with numerous food variants – probably with many more than you initially thought. To be perfectly honest, cooking with pumpkin seed oil is easy – however, there are a few points you should keep in mind:

  • Be sparing with flames and heat: When using too much heat while cooking, the pumpkin oil loses its full-bodied, nutty taste and some of its valuable ingredients – did you know that the Styrian delicacy is not only tasty but also very healthy? So, if it was up to the pumpkin seed oil, the pots could well remain in the cupboard.
  • Still, can I use pumpkin seed oil also for warm dishes? Of course! But make sure to not pour it over your meal before its almost finished – in this way, the oil is exposed to the heat only for a short time, taste and ingredients are fully retained. Please keep that in mind – for example, when you are pouring the pumpkin oil over scrambled eggs (by the way, a typical Styrian meal). The same rule applies when cooking with scarlet runner beans.
  • The classic: Pumpkin seed oil and salads – you can’t go wrong with that combination. The Styrian delicacy can be used as dressing for almost every type of salad, where the oil unfolds its full, pleasant flavor. Pro tip: You can also use the pumpkin seed oil as natural flavor enhancer for cream soups or spreads.
  • Insider tip: Pumpkin seed oil even goes nicely with many sweet dishes, such as vanilla ice cream or fried bananas, for example. You don’t believe us? Well, see for yourself – it is definitely worth a try!

The list of possible variations with pumpkin seed oil is almost endless – at least way too long for this article. But for the time being, you already learned the most essential dos and don’ts when it comes to cooking with pumpkin seed oil. Give it a shot and add some spice (or oil) to your daily meals. We wish you the best of luck for your next culinary experiments!

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