fresh pumpkin puree

Name: Fresh pumpkin puree
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 whole pumpkin; salt

14 Pinches 1 Photo

mary hendricks

conyers, GA

Updated on Nov 5, 2022

I've roasted pumpkins many times for pies bread soups. Always got the more expensive sugar pumpkin. Well this year we had a carving pumpkin left over from Halloween that did not get carved. Big boy! Thought ok I'll roast it. Was informed that the big ones didn't have as much flavor or sugar. Well I guess I got a mutant cause this huge guy was sweeter than the sugar pumpkins I've gotten lol Don't toss your unused Halloween pumpkin.. roast it. It yielded a h ck of lot more meat than a small one. I got about a gallon of puree off this one. And so tasty

Rate

Fresh roasted Halloween carving pumpkin. Pureed and straining out some fluid with just gravity. 1 gallon of puree from this one large pumpkin. Let the bread pies and cakes begin!

prep time 20 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Roast

yield Large carving pumpkin gallon of purer

Ingredients

1 whole pumpkin
salt

How To Make fresh pumpkin puree

Step 1

Wash pumpkin well!

Step 2

Cut in half stem to bottom and clean guts out. Get as much of the wet meat as possible!
Step 3

Sprinkle inside with a little salt. Let sit for about 5 minutes
Step 4

Place on sheet pan upside down.cut side down
Step 5

Place in preheated oven 400
Step 6

Roast for about an hour .. check after 45 Skin should be browned and should be soft when poked
Step 7

Allow to cool undisturbed until cool enough to handle
Step 8

Pinch the end of the he skin and peel off. If it doesn't loosen all the way you can scoop out. You want the pumpkin to be soft before this step
Step 9

Place is fine sive and lightly mash and shake and tap then cover and let gravity work to strain off the liqued
Step 10

Place pumpkin meat in processor and puree
Step 11

Pour back into fine mesh sive and let it drain about an hour. Stirring and mashing it down a little will help
Step 12

Use as you would canned pumpkin You can freeze .. I put serving size in ziplock and freeze
Last Step: Don't forget to share! Post a picture of your finished recipe here and on your favorite social network. Don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes!

Discover More

Comment & Reviews

Just A Pinch Sweepstakes