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Cooked Pumpkin
Ingredients
- 1 (4 pound) sugar pumpkin
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Cut the pumpkin into several pieces that fit comfortably in the roasting pan. Remove the stringy pulp, reserving the edible seeds for roasting, if desired.
- Place cut pumpkin, skin-side up, in a large roasting pan. Add 1/4 inch of water.
- Bake in the preheated oven, uncovered, until the flesh is very soft and can be pierced easily with a fork or the tip of a knife, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 to 20 minutes.
- Cut the skin away from the cooled pumpkin pieces. Transfer the pumpkin flesh to a food processor and purée until smooth, or mash it in a bowl with a potato masher.