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How to Make Pumpkin Puree
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How to Make Pumpkin Puree

Author: Marinka
Making your own pumpkin puree is very easy, fills your kitchen with a nice seasonal aroma and creates a more flavorful puree.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
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Servings: 2 cups

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds sugar pumpkin
  • salt optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Give the pumpkin a quick rinse and dry them. (NOTE 1)
  • Cut the pumpkin in half by placing your knife close to the stem of the pumpkin and cutting down to the bottom. Don’t try to cut through the stem, this is too hard and thus dangerous. Make the second cut on the other side of the stem, again cutting down to the bottom. No pumpkin goes to waste. (NOTE 2)
  • After you made the cuts in both sides of the stem all the way through, you can ‘break’ the pumpkin in half, with you hands.
  • Scoop the seeds and the strings out of the pumpkin and sprinkle the pumpkin halves with salt. (NOTE 3)
  • Place the pumpkin halves, cut side down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and cook in an oven of 400 degrees F. Cooking time 40 minutes (for my 2 lbs. pumpkin), but can be more if your pumpkin is larger.
  • Pumpkin is done when you can easily insert a knife or fork through the skin.
  • Scoop the flesh out of the pumpkin halves, straight into a food processor and pulse until smooth. This will only take a few minutes.
  • Your beautiful, vibrant pumpkin puree is ready to be used.

Notes

  1. Pumpkins grow on a vine and rest on the ground in the dirt, and therefore may have dirt on them when you bring them home.
  2. Other ways of cutting a pumpkin in half:
    • Cut off the top of the pumpkin and then cut the pumpkin in half. This way you will cut off a tiny bit of the pumpkin.
    • Cut, with you knife on a slight angle, in a circular motion around the stem, and pull out the stem. Then cut the pumpkin in half.
  3. If you feel wrong about throwing away the pumpkin seeds, roast them and snack away.

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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