Homemade Pumpkin Purée

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350F.
   
2. Below chilly water, wash the pumpkin and dry it totally. The usage of an unlimited knife, chop it in half of.
3. Scoop out the seeds, the usage of a metal spoon or an ice cream scoop, and innards and location aside. (P.S. If it is advisable to per chance roast the seeds, trim them totally, allow them to air-dry for a few hours and then toss with quite of olive oil and any spices you esteem; focus on Madras curry powder, cayenne pepper and even merely salt and pepper.)
4. Rub a baking sheet with the teaspoon of vegetable oil and transfer the 2 pumpkin halves, pores and skin-aspect up. Role the pumpkin within the oven to roast for 1 hour, or unless refined.
5. Enable it to chill a puny, about quarter-hour, earlier than going thru. Scoop out the pumpkin and location it within the bowl of a meals processor. (Searching on how big your meals processor is, it is advisable to perhaps perhaps additionally merely wish to amass this in batches.) Blend the pumpkin unless fully restful.
   
6. Sugar pie pumpkins are usually drier, but if the pumpkin pie appears to be quite wet, feel free location the pumpkin puree in a cheesecloth-lined sieve, placed over a bowl. I did this step real to witness how necessary water could perhaps well be drained and ended up with simplest a few teaspoons of water.
   
7. Store in an airtight container within the refrigerator for as a lot as a few days.