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How to make homemade Pumpkin Puree from scratch- a simple easy step-by-step recipe to use in place of canned pumpkin. Learn how to roast pumpkin, puree pumpkin and store it for future use, all in about an hour! #pumpkinpuree #roastedpumpkin

Pumpkin Puree Recipe

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  • Author: Tonia Schemmel | Feasting at Home
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 50 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 1 1/2 - 3 cups 1x
  • Category: puree, how to, dyi
  • Method: roasted
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Vegan

Description

How to make homemade Pumpkin Puree from scratch- a simple easy step-by-step recipe to use in place of canned pumpkin. Learn how to roast pumpkin, puree pumpkin and store it for future use, all in about an hour!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 or more Pie Pumpkins ( 33 1/2 lbs)
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Cut the pumpkin in half.
  3. Scoop out the seeds and stringy middle part.  A metal spoon works well here.
  4. Sprinkle with salt, if desired.
  5. Place halves, flesh side down, on a baking sheet.
  6. Bake for 50 minutes or until fork-tender when pierced with the tip of a knife.
  7. Once the pumpkin is cool, scoop out of the skin and process in a food processor or blender or place in a deep bowl and use an immersion blender until completely smooth.

Notes

One small pie pumpkin should make enough puree to equal one 15 oz can.

Do a few pumpkins at a time and freeze in desired portions for later.

These special pie pumpkin varieties are usually labeled often with ‘sweet’ or ‘sugar’ or pie in the name: sugar pie, New England pie, winter luxury, sugar baby, small sugar, orange smoothie. You can also use kabocha squash or butternut squash.

If once blended, your puree seems watery you can strain it through cheesecloth.  Canned pumpkin is more solid so this would be advisable for traditional pumpkin pies.  (That said I have had it work beautifully for pie just as is.)

You can definitely save and roast the pumpkin seeds!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 batch ( 3 lb pumkin)
  • Calories: 354
  • Sugar: 37.6 g
  • Sodium: 304.3 mg
  • Fat: 1.4 g
  • Saturated Fat: 0.7 g
  • Carbohydrates: 88.5 g
  • Fiber: 6.8 g
  • Protein: 13.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg