How to Make Pumpkin Puree
How to roast a pumpkin to make pumpkin puree from a fresh pumpkin.
Servings: 2 cups
Calories: 17kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Pumpkin Sugar Pie or Carving
Instructions
- Wash the pumpkin.
- Cut the pumpkin in half and remove seeds and strings.
- Place the pumpkins cut side down on a baking sheet. Add about half a cup of water.
- Bake in a 375 degree oven for 30 to 60 minutes or until pumpkins are soft.
- Let cooked pumpkins cool about 10 minutes or until it can easily be handled.
- Peel the skin off the pumpkin, then break the cooked pumpkin into pieces.
- Place cooked pumpkin pieces into a bowl and with a hand blender, blend the pumpkin into a smooth puree.
- Store prepared pumpkin puree in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to a week or for longer storage freeze it.
Notes
If you don't have an immersion blender you can add the cooked pumpkin puree to a food processor and process until smooth.
Or you can use a potato masher to break up the pumpkin into puree.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 17kcal | Carbohydrates: 4.1g | Protein: 0.6g | Fat: 0.1g