Homemade Pumpkin Purée

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pie pumpkin
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

• 1 Pre-heat the oven to 375° F.
• 2 Cut the pie pumpkin in half. You can either remove the stem and cut lengthwise;
  or you can cut crosswise.
• 3 Scoop out the seeds and scrape out the strings, discarding both; a large metal
  spoon works well for this.
• 4 Drizzle the olive oil onto a baking sheet; make sure the baking sheet you use
  has raised sides, so it will contain any juices that result from baking.
• 5 Place the pumpkins flesh down on the baking sheet, and cover them with foil.
• 6 Bake at 375° F for about 40 minutes, or 'til a fork easily pokes into the sides
  of the pumpkin.
• 7 Remove the pumpkins from the oven, and allow them to cool enough so that you can
  handle them.
• 8 Peel off the skin with your fingers and discard.
• 9 Add the flesh to a blender and purée.
• 10 Use the purée in your favorite pumpkin recipes.

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