Roasted Pie Pumpkin w/ Garlic

No fall would be without roasted pie pumpkins! In this recipe, I tossed in a
couple of cloves of garlic to roast with the pumpkin. It's a quick and easy
addition that permeates flavor throughout the pumpkin during the roasting
process. This gives a more robust seasoning and saves you the time of having to
roast garlic separately. It works great in savory recipes and is puréed to
perfection.

Servings: 2 cups

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Prep Time
20 minutes

Cook Time
1 hour, 30 minutes

Cooling Time
20 minutes

Total Time
2 hours, 10 minutes

Course:

Side Dish

Cuisine:

Latin American

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2 Cut pumpkin in half and remove stem.
3 Using a spoon, scoop out the innards to remove all of the seeds and stringy
pieces. Reserve the seeds if you want to roast them for a fun snack.

The "guts" are still edible, but can be texturally unpleasant. I will usually
keep them to puree into soup or pet food. However, most people will discard
them! Just make sure not to toss any seeds!
4 If you would like to throw some garlic roasting into the picture, add garlic to
the inside of the pumpkin.
5 Once you've cut, peeled, and removed the innards from the pumpkin, wrap in
aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet.

I do this by getting a piece of foil long enough to wrap around the entire
pumpkin. Place pumpkin face down in the center of the foil. Then, wrap the edges
of the foil around to cover the pumpkin completely.
6 Bake for 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours depending on size. Make sure to flip halfway
through so that the pumpkin sides are face up.

This is the trickiest part about roasting pumpkins: the size of the pumpkin can
drastically increase the cook time. You’ll know that they’re done when the flesh
is soft and you can poke it with a fork without any resistance. It will vaguely
resemble the consistency of potatoes before you mash them. The best thing to do
is to cook them for 45 minutes and then check them every 5-10 minutes after that
until they’re cooked throughout.
7 Let cool to the touch.
8 If you would like to make purée, remove skin and add flesh to the food
processor. Puree until smooth, about 30-60 seconds. Making sure to scrape down
the sides occasionally.

If you aren’t using a food processor, you can use a large mixing bowl and a
fork, potato masher, or mixer to achieve a similar effect. I prefer a food
processor, though, because it removes the stringiness that I find texturally
unpleasant.

Roasted Pie Pumpkin w/ Garlic

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