Pumpkin Puree Recipe
This easy homemade pumpkin puree is perfect for making cakes, cookies, pie and more. Store it in the fridge or freeze it to use whenever you want! Makes approximately 4-500g pumpkin puree.
Servings: 500 grams
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cooking pumpkin (edible pumpkin or sugar pumpkin, approx 700-800g)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C / Fan 160C / Gas Mark 4 / 356F. (See notes for air fryer method).
- Using a very sharp knife, cut the pumpkin in half. I usually do this by sitting it upright so the flat bottom is on the chopping board, plunge the knife into the top by the stem and push through to the bottom. Wiggle it down to cut one half of the pumpkin, then repeat on the other side.
- Scoop the seeds and any stringy bits of flesh from the pumpkin. You can roast the seeds for a tasty snack if you like!
- Place the two halves, cut-side-down, on a baking tray. Bake for 45 mins - 1 hour until a sharp knife can easily be pushed through the skin of the pumpkin.
- Remove from the oven, turn over so the flesh is facing out and leave until cool enough to handle. Once you can handle the pumpkin, scoop the soft flesh out with a spoon and blitz in a food processor until smooth.
Notes
- Which Pumpkin Is Best? In the UK use an edible British pumpkin. In the US look for pie pumpkins or sugar pumpkins. Large ones used for Halloween Jack o'Lanterns tend to be too watery for pumpkin puree.
- Air Fryer: To air fry pumpkin, follow steps 2-3 to halve and deseed the pumpkin, then place the pumpkin halves, cut-side-down, in the air fryer basket. Air fry at 180c (356F) for 25 minutes. Check you can easily stick a sharp knife into the pumpkin half - if it's still hard, try another 5-minutes-at-a-time until soft.
- Storing: This pumpkin puree will keep for a week in the fridge or can be frozen. I like to do this in an ice-cube tray with 1 tbsp per cube - this makes for easy measurements when I'm making a recipe with it!
- Step-by-Step Photos: Check out the blog post above for step-by-step photos to guide you through how this pumpkin puree recipe should look at each stage.
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Nutrition
Serving: 100g | Calories: 0.4kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.1g | Protein: 0.02g
