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WE were sure busy this week, trying to beat the FROST and today SNOW...and getting the garden and yard work cleaned up!
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| oldnewgreenredo |
October 24th, 2020...The GREAT PUMPKIN PUREE!
REMEMBER THIS!!!?
From our Midwest Gardening end of August 2020, .
YES we did grow this monster! Instead of fifteen pumpkins in the yard, this is the only one that made it this year...? Back in the NW corner of the yard, this monster crept toward the compost pile, in the shade and watered, it grew, and Grew, and GREW. I guess that what GREEN gardening does.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Now, where do you start? We did use the pumpkin for a display in the front yard for Fall.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
It really doesn't look big here, but it really was. We didn't weigh it, shame on us!
We had a heavy FROST warning, so we brought our monster and the purchased pumpkins inside.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Hubby pulled out a new battery saw, a small tree branch trimmer with a new blade, and gave the pumpkin basically a 'JASON' swipe. It worked perfectly and sure saved a lot of hacking!
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Really not much mess either!
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| oldnewgreenredo |
The inside was as magnificent as the outside.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Healthy and clean...I should have harvested the seeds, but I didn't. I do know it was a Fairytale Pumpkin, probably cross pollinated with a heirloom squash, due to the bumpy surface.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Hubby kept cutting into manageable pieces, well almost manageable.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
This is my biggest pan, an old broiler pan from an old stove we had. I stacked the un-scraped pumpkin---no need to wear yourself out scraping. We added a cup of water to the bottom of the pan, and tightly covered with thick foil.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
A smaller pan was put in the upper oven.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
And the large pan fit in the bottom. I started the ovens at 375 degrees. After a half hour I lowered the temp to 325 degrees. Roasting took about 3 or more hours. I lost track, doing other projects.
After this was done, I had another pan, I had to cook.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
To Test: Press down on the foil until the shell bends and is soft. Check under the foil, the hull should be the same cooked color all the way through.
Let COOL.
The inside waste easily scrapes away at this point.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
I scraped the shells and put in a bowl, and transferred the pumpkin water, (there was a lot) into another bowl in the front.
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| oldnewgreenredo |
Puree two scoops in the blender with a small amount of pumpkin water to ease the machine. Don't tax it.
You can use this Puree for Pumpkin Butter, pies, bakery as is. Or, measure quantities into freezer bags for the freezer. Frozen pumpkin will 'weep' when thawed. Drained it becomes quite thick for your favorite recipes. The FLAVOR is divine and I got 40 cups of pumpkin puree out of our monster!
Enjoy, next post:
How to make PUMPKIN BUTTER!
NUM!
What's your favorite Pumpkin Recipe?
Do not use my photos without my permission and linking back to this post on my blog.
Thank you for your cooperation,
Sandi
Sandi
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