Pumpkin Puree

Contributed by : Jane Berthiaume
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Canadian Recipes : Canning/ Preserving

Jane has many recipes that use the sugar pumpkins from her garden so preserving it in a puree is key.

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Recipe Servings

Approx 4 cups

Ingredients of
Pumpkin Puree

1 Sugar pumpkin

How to Make
Pumpkin Puree

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Rinse pumpkin.
  3. Cut pumpkin in half.
  4. Place pumpkin on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet, flat side down.
  5. Place in oven and cook until a fork easily pierces the skin, about 40-60 minutes.
  6. Remove from oven and allow pumpkin to cool.
  7. Peel the skin off, or scoop out pumpkin with a spoon.
  8. Puree until very smooth with no lumps. This will take several minutes.
  9. Place in freezer bags and label the best before date. Pumpkin will be best used within 5 months.

See video for details.