Pumpkin purée
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook: -
- Easy
- Serves 4 - 6
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Ingredients
- 750g pumpkin or butternut squash
Method
- STEP 1
To steam the pumpkin: Peel and seed it, then cut into evenly sized cubes. Put the cubes in a steamer or colander set over a pan of simmering water and cook for 10 mins. Test with the point of a knife and cook for a further 5 mins if not cooked through. Mash and leave to cool.
- STEP 2
Alternatively, to microwave the pumpkin: Cut it in half (no need to peel it or cut out the seeds) and sit cut-side up in the microwave. Cook for 20 mins, then check the flesh is soft by poking it with a fork. Keep cooking if you’d like it softer. Scoop the flesh into a bowl, then mash and leave to cool.