I decided to make my own pumpkin puree again this year.
Here's the first part of the directions for preparing the pumpkin puree [with a slight modification of my own] from allrecipes.com:
"Use 1 1/2 pound of skin-on [this year I took the skin off], raw pumpkin to yield 2 cups of mashed. Halve pumpkin and scoop out seeds and stringy portions. Cut pumpkin into chunks. In saucepan over medium heat, in 1 inch of boiling water heat the pumpkin to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until tender. Drain, cool and remove the peel. Return pumpkin to the saucepan and mash with a potato masher."
Note: I used a smaller pie pumpkin this year than last and it didn't seem to take as long in the pot. Maybe it was because I peeled the skin off before boiling. I filled the pot to cover the pumpkin by just a little bit, maybe a half inch. It only took about 15-20 minutes before the chunks were tender enough.
Top left: The pumpkin. It was a cute one.
Top middle: Halved
Top right: Chunked with skin off.
Middle left: Boiling
Middle: Beginning
Middle right: Draining in a colander.
Bottom left and middle: Mash
Bottom right: Just a little more than enough to store in the fridge until tomorrow morning when I assemble and bake the pie.
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