Homemade Pumpkin Puree

Judy
Gold Post Medal for All Time! 677 Posts

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 60-90 minutes

Total Time: 1 to 1 1/2 hours

Yield: Depends on size of pumpkin

Source: Shared on Facebook

Ingredients:

• 1 pumpkin*
• olive oil

* I used a large pumpkin, and it came out fine. The recipe recommended small, "sugar pumpkins."

Steps:

1. Rub the pumpkin lightly with olive oil.

 
2. Line a pan with foil. This will catch any drips.
3. Roast the pumpkin at 400 degrees F. You don't have to preheat the oven.

 
4. This will take 60-90 minutes. It's done when a fork pierces very easily. Let cool.

 
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5. Cut the pumpkin in half. Scoop out the seeds and stringy stuff.

 

 
6. I saved the seeds, and composted the stringy stuff.

 
7. Separate the meat from the skin.
8. Process the pumpkin meat in batches in the food processor.

 
9. Put in 1 or 2 cup portions. Refrigerate or freeze.

 
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Robyn

November 16, 20160 found this helpful

This is very useful and good to know. Thank you for posting!

 

Judy
Gold Post Medal for All Time! 677 Posts

November 16, 20160 found this helpful

After reading about roasting a pumpkin whole, I will be doing this all the time. So much easier than the old way I did it!

 

cathy fox

November 22, 20160 found this helpful

what type of pumpkin is good for this recipe?

 

Judy
Gold Post Medal for All Time! 677 Posts

November 22, 20160 found this helpful

It recommends a sugar pie pumpkin, but I used a jack o'lantern pumpkin and it worked out well

 

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