This homemade pumpkin puree makes enough for three servings but you can always double the ingredients if you want more. It takes about twenty minutes to prepare and another fifty minutes to bake.
Let's Get Started….
The Ingredients To Gather:
- 1 sugar pie pumpkin roughly 2-3 lbs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt
pepper
The Step By Step Directions To Follow:
1 Select pumpkin.
2 Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut top off of pumpkin.
3 Slice pumpkin in half. Placing the pumpkin on it's head while you slice will give you more control.
4 Scoop guts and seeds out of each half with a spoon.
5 Continue scraping with the spoon until the inside is smooth and free of innards. DO NOT throw away the innards just yet. Pumpkin seeds can be roasted.
6 Place pumpkin halves face-down on greased cookie sheet.
7 Bake 50 minutes or until a knife easily slides in and out of the meat of the pumpkin.
8 While pumpkin is in oven, separate pumpkin guts from seeds.
9 Rinse seeds and pat dry.
10 Coat seeds in olive oil.
11 Sprinkle to your liking with salt, pepper.
12 Spread seeds across ungreased cookie sheet.
13 Bake at 350°F for 30 – 45 minutes until golden.
14 When pumpkin has cooled, cut into quarters, remove skin.
15 Place chunks of pumpkin meat into a food processor, a little at a time.
16 Blend in batches until smooth.
17 Store purée in mason jars or tupperware in fridge.
Finished!
This homemade pumpkin puree is so good, you'll want to make it this way all the time- Have you made this pumpkin puree yet?
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Article Source: Spoon University
Photo Source: Alyssa Case
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