How Do You Make Fresh Pumpkin Soup And Roast The Seeds?
Making fresh pumpkin soup and roasting the seeds doesn’t have to be time consuming. Here’s a recipe that takes about 30 minutes from a whole small pumpkin to warm pumpkin soup and roasted seeds. It makes about 4 servings 8 ounces each. Step 1 Cut the washed pumpkin into pieces of about 2 or 3 inches by 2 or 3 inches. Step 2 Slice away the strings and seeds from the pumpkin pieces with the chopping knife. Step 3 Place pumpkin pieces face/insides down on a microwavable plate. Step 4 Microwave on high for 2 minutes at a time until pumpkin is soft and the insides can easily be pulled away from the shell. Total cooking time is about 4 to 8 minutes. Turn plate a quarter turn every two minutes. Directions for baking pumpkin in an oven is given in the resources titled, “How to Bake Fresh Pumpkin for Pumpkin Pie.” Step 5 Separate pumpkin seeds from stringy pumpkin insides. Step 6 Spread seeds across a toaster oven baking sheet. If a little pumpkin is still on the seeds all the better for taste.