Homestead Basics | Roasted Pumpkin Puree
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Hey there, it's Rachel from the 1870s Homestead! 🎃
As the leaves turn golden and the air grows crisp, there's nothing quite like the warm, comforting flavors of autumn. In this video, I'm taking you along on a journey to preserve the very essence of this beautiful season: pumpkin puree.
Join me as I show you how to roast and store pumpkin puree, getting everything ready for the upcoming holidays and long-term enjoyment. I stumbled upon a glorious Cinderella pumpkin that just begged to be turned into the most flavorful puree for pies, desserts, and creamy soups.
You'll discover the magic of roasting a pumpkin, even if it's not the typical sugar pie variety. I'll walk you through the process, sharing my tips and tricks, including the crucial step of letting the roasted pumpkin cool to perfection.
But here's the secret that takes your homemade pumpkin puree to the next level: I hang it in cheesecloth overnight to remove excess water, ensuring it's just right for all your favorite recipes.
I also delve into the art of storing pumpkin puree, highlighting the importance of leaving enough room for expansion when freezing it in jars. Plus, I offer some creative ideas for using your puree in both sweet and savory dishes, from pumpkin pie to pumpkin chili - the possibilities are endless!
So, come along and savor the season with me. Let's capture the vibrant hues and rich flavors of autumn, ensuring they last long into the year. Don't forget to hit that "Like" button, subscribe for more homesteading adventures, and share your pumpkin-inspired creations in the comments. 🍂🧡
Thank you for joining me on this pumpkin-puree journey, and happy preserving! 🍁✨
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The video is a guide on preserving pumpkin puree.
The host, Rachel, demonstrates how to roast and puree a large Cinderella pumpkin for long-term storage.
She emphasizes the flavor and versatility of Cinderella pumpkins for making pies, desserts, and pumpkin soup.
Rachel recommends hanging the puree in cheesecloth to remove excess water content for the right texture.
She also suggests various uses for pumpkin puree, such as making pumpkin pie, donuts, waffles, muffins, and adding it to savory dishes like chili.
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Halloween Harvest | Guide To Preserving Pumpkin Puree
I had a sole pumpkin vine take over most of my front yard. It produced 124 sugar pie pumpkins! It was a joy to give so many away. I roasted a few, scooped out the flesh and used my hand mixer to puree it. I put one cup in zip lock bags; they store flat in the freezer and most baking recipes seem to call for even cup measurements.
Now that's a lot of pumpkins!
Great ideas, I find that after taking the seeds out of squash and pumpkins I use an old canning lid to scrape out the stringy bits.
The best tool I've found yet and a great way to re-use lids guilt free lol
What a good idea!
Did you see Ruth Ann Zimmerman’s video on how she thins pumpkin purée and then cans it ? I thought it certainly made sense . Good to see you in the kitchen again .
Yes!! Love her!!
Don’t forget your dogs when serving out pumpkin!
They love it and so, so good for them!
We grew pumpkins just for the dogs. We cut the pumpkin in 1” cubes and roasted then froze. We pull a couple of pieces out of the freezer and into their dinner. They usually eat it first!
It's so good for their digestive health!
That’s why I’m loving my freeze dried pumpkin purée- I don’t have to let it drain! Works out great, so far.
Did this for the first time year! Super excited to try it!
the vet told me to add pumpkin to the cats and dogs diet too too.. very good for them
Butter cup squash are about to go into my oven. I'm so glad you're back! I've missed working in the kitchen "with" you from the other side of the state 😊
Love pumpkin season! I've been dehydrating my puree and powdering it. Froze a lot to add to dog food all year. And my favorite, Pumpkin Butter, which is the base for my pumpkin pies....just add eggs, half and half (or eggnog) and a pinch of salt, pour it in the crust and bake. So easy, and shelf-stable. (glad to see you back)
This is Tom's wife, using his account. Will you be gardening this next session? I am really looking forward to those gardening videos again.
Your video "how to grow big onions" was the one that got me hooked to your channel.
Yup 👍
Beautiful pumpkin purée!
Yay! I’ve missed these videos!
I used Long Island Cheese pumpkins last year for my first ever homemade pie...will never go back! So rich and sweet. SO SO YUMMY! ❤
Those are my favorite! Literally, will not buy others and I do have to seek the out here in the NM desert. But talk about meaty, consistent flavor and I was sold the 1st time I cut into 1.
I have been using my insta pot to cook my pie pumpkins. I wash the outsides really well, cut and de gut them into either four or six wedges and pressure cook for ten minutes. I either throw into blender or use my immersion blender skins and all. Gives it a gorgeous color.
Fantastic idea!
I enjoyed watching this. I baked my first pumpkin last year and got 7 qts and stored them in 1 qt ziplok bags, held 2 cups each. as I could lay them flat. i only have a apt size fridge wuth a top freezer, so it was great. i made the best pumpkin pies for Thanks giving last year, using my same recipe I've used forn yrs, but it made a difference. I have one 1 qt left and wil use this for thanks giving this year. I need to buy some pumpkin. last year it was gifted to me. what a blessing! Thank you
I’ve had so much fun canning and freezing pumpkins this year. I got a few Cinderellas and some others I never tried before. I thought they were just ornamental, I didn’t know they would be good for eating. I got them for $.99 cents each!!
I love the way you did your freezing. The ones I puréed and froze are in my freezer. I can see them when I open it and it makes me smile. I can’t wait to use it. I have several ideas for it. I love your suggestions. I have one more pumpkin to do something with. I may figure out how to do pumpkin butter.
It has been such a pretty fall for us, many pretty days. I’ll have fun making things out of this when there are days soon we’ll be glad to be inside where it’s warm.
I enjoyed this video so much. I had several pumpkins and was stressing of what to do with them. Roasting and freezing was an easy fix for me. Much easier to roast and get out of the shell afterwards. The ones I was unsure about turned out really sweet and lots of meat inside. Made me so happy!
Fairytales are my go pumpkins for baking.
I have been freeze drying my pumpkin puree for 2 years now and love it.
Just had company over after church yesterday. Served pumpkin pancakes 😋
Also, its nice to see a new, short video. Thank you!
Libby pumpkins are their own proprietary variety of Dickenson pumpkin. They aren't bright orange like a jack o lantern but closer to the tan color of a butternut squash. They produce 90% of the pumpkin in the US. I used to live in their town and would see the trucks coming to the plant.
I am SOOO glad I came across your video Rachel! I have been baking pumpkins for 2 days (23 total) in prep for the winter as we substitute squashes for flour products. Thanks so much for the tip of leaving them upside down to steam! Super Smart 😎
I got 8 pumpkins this year from my garden. Two of them were really big. I carved one of the big ones for my grandson and made puree out of 2 of the smaller ones. I got everything that I wanted to get out of my garden yesterday and I'm glad I did because we got freezing rain last night. I left some lettuce in the garden so it will be interesting to see what it did. I can't even make it out to the garden right now. Thanks for all the tips like the Cinderella pumpkin.
Thank you so much! Its perfect for our Thanksgiving
I love this video! I feel like it was one of your all things zucchini videos! So many things you make with the produce, it makes me inspired!
Great video! We had volenteer pumpkins this spring and processed a good amount. God bless.
Your pumpkin purée looks beautiful.
I am freeze drying all my pumpkin this year for pies, cookies, and muffins
Those looked beautiful! I was blessed with quite a few pumpkins from a neighboring pumpkin farm since yesterday was their last business day of the year. I’m
Looking forward to trying many new recipes.
I am canning a meh-flavoured pumpkin right now for dog food! It's.... Fine.... But i will can and make soup from others with better flavor!
We dehydrate small cubes of pumpkins just to add to chili. It is sooooo good!
Wow ☺️what a great idea using a cheese cloth!! Thank you!!
I have a beautiful pumpkin that’s been sitting on my counter a week waiting to become purée. But it’s so much bigger than ones I have roasted in the past and I got stuck trying to figure out what I would do. Thanks for the push to get it done!
I think its strange they don't approve pumpkin puree but they don't have a problem with pie filling using clear jel. That clear jel is very thick. I think its thicker than pureed pumpkin.
Keep asking questions and digging for truth.
I'm so happy to see you both. I've missed watching your videos. Great video. Thank you for sharing your time with us.
Thank you!!!!!!! :D
Beautiful puree!
Spread that pumpkin puree on your freeze dryer trays
When done powder it up and put in jars and vacuum seal. You can add water back to make puree for breads, pie so cookies, soup. Or sprinkle powdered puree on ice cream, in icing to flavor it
I love your videos...
Thank you!
Great video, Rachel ❤❤
Beautiful!
I bake flesh side up..... because it dries up the liquid😊
That's what I have always done too
So happy to see you 😁
I have just made pumpkin and sweet potato soup for work.. and I was like oooo let’s put spinage and it’s now a very brownie green lol
I have 5 pie pumpkins on my counter now I need to roast tomarrow.
Looks like maybe a speckled hound pumpkin! You would LOVE the Jarrahdale pumpkin. Fantastic flavor and super thick flesh.
I got Jarrahdale seeds for next year.
Doing the same thing today with our home grown pumpkins!! Looking forward to making some pies and quick bread.
Give us the pumpkin butter recipe and storage!! Thank you❤
Thank you for all the ideas.
We took our Pumpkins and roasted them than freeze dried the puree. So easy to store and rehydrate.
great video
I find an inch is usually enough but sometimes the contents will freeze weird and will make a peak inside the jar that completely crushes the lid. But I think I'll be doing 1.5 from now on just to make sure I don't break any jars like I have in the past.
I'm obsessed with pumpkin... I'm harvesting Long Island Cheese, Sugar Pie, Cinderella Carriage, Rouge vif D'Tampes and Moranga. I've got next years seed...I'm going to add Musquee De Provence and Jarrahdale. I also grew Cushaw Squash this year. They say they make a great Pie. How did the frozen puree turn out?
Debbie from Texas
I bought a smaller cinderella pumpkin. I hope it turns out as beautiful inside as yours!
Freeze dried a bunch and found a freeze dried pumpkin pie recipe to freeze dry too!
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I know they don’t recommend canning the puréed pumpkin, but I have been doing it for 40 yrs & have never had any problems with it🥴
Do you add extra water to thin it out at all?
I did can pumpkin last year, thinned out to apple sauce consistency. It is marvelous! I have plums and cherries in the freezer and needed space so I pulled my frozen pumpkin chunks out, puréed with a little water and pressure canned quarts 90 minutes at 10 lbs pressure. Excellent soup, haven’t made pie, but have done rolls, and made a pasta sauce.
Yep. It's not the boogeyman THEY want people to believe it is.
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Enjoy Rachel & Todd a lot of meat in that Pumpkin 10-30-2023👍🏽👍🏽❤️
I appreciate for watchin
Thanks 💯
Can you roast most any pumpkins their are lots at a local farm but not sure which kinds are good to eat ?
All pumpkins are edible but some of them might not be sweet. I cooked a white pumpkin last year and just like Rachel said about hers, my white pumpkin was just bland-- not bad tasting but no pumpkin flavor at all. Ask the farmer which pumpkins are best for pies if you want a sweet pumpkin.
They can all be roasted but they have a different flavor profile and meat to water ratio - which also can vary based on growing conditions/ weather, etc. You can search online for good pumpkin varieties for whatever you want to use them for. For example, if you want sweeter recipes, go for butternut squash, sugar pumpkins, sweet meat. If you want more savory, go with acorn squash, long Island cheese pumpkins, or blue Hubbard. You can ask the farmers what varieties they have for sale. If you want a mild taste, they will be bigger and waterier, and paler flesh.
Could you use butternut squash to improve the flavor of the white pumpkin?
Do you have a special recipe that you use for dog treats? I would love to make some for my two children's dogs for the winter months.
Epic🌿💛🌿
How do you think it would be to can uncooked pumpkin chunks? By the way, I've missed you guys!
Hello there!! Does your pumpkin pie recipe work with sweet potatoes?
Rachel what do you use Pumpkin Butter over there for please ?? As an Aussie I have never heard of it. Wow that huge pumpkin looked so tasty my mouth is watering Great Video Cheers Denise- Australia
Use it like jam or apple butter. Add it to oatmeal, yogurt, put on toast or waffles or pancakes
I almost wonder if salting lightly would help draw out some of the moisture? I have no idea, just a random thought.
Can you cook them down to thicken up and reduce the water?
Do you store it before or after you strain the puree of any excess water?
I went out of town, we got snow, and cold. All my pumpkins froze. I still want to use them, thaw and bake and puree, just not sure how it will turn out. What do you think?
Do you add citric acid to pumpkin butter to can it?
Why not can pumpkin cubes and purée them later?
You can can cubes
I can the cubes and puree when I open.
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Do you strain ALL the pumpkin puree through a cheesecloth before you freeze it?
Would you mind sharing where you source your straining bag? Thank you.
Pretty sure we have them on our Amazon page: www.amazon.com/shop/that1870shomestead/list/MYSTJ24KIRIR
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@@1870s Thank you!
Do you ever strain off the extra liquid before jarring and freezing?
You can. I just save that step for later on when I actually want to make something.
So are the pumpkins that just say heirloom on them at blocks edible? No one I ask knows.. I think they are from my research but I feel nervous to just go for it lol
I thought you were going to can it for sure. I was looking forward to canning pumpkin. 😢
Watch Zimmerman Homestead. She things it then cans it.
My dad always said if a cantaloupe doesn’t smell like trash then it isn’t ripe!
I love the taste of cantaloupe but it sure does smell like garbage once done and in the trash!
Why do u freeze in jars? Anything with a thickness I would do in freezer bags, stores flat and saves lots of space
We always have pumpkin chili on Halloween! Yum!
I just recently heard that most canned puree in stores is not all pure pumpkin.
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Great video, Rachel! Pumpkins have a good bit of water in them. This is how I was taught to make my pumpkin pies. I also use this pumpkin puree to make my pumpkin logs (rolls), and a pecan praline pumpkin cheesecake which is absolutely divine! I will be canning mine but it will be in chunks.
Thank you for reminding me to bring in my pumpkins before we get a frost.
I never understood the fuss about canning pumpkin puree..
It's the same thickness as applesauce...and it's pressure canned not water bathed like applesauce. I'm 67...I can it a little thin and then I drain it to the thickness I want...I have been doing this since I was 16 years old and I'm still here ,not a single problem....Just saying.
Yep. Way too many people afraid of a boogeyman that doesn't exist.
Not to correct you. But I just wanted to let you know to that a pumpkin is a fruit not a vegetable like you had mentioned in the video
In a botanical/scientific sense, yes. Culinary, no.
Can't believe that pumpkins are thrown away over there. they are super expensive over here. Ones the size of yours are probably about $70 NZ
Hope you saved the seeds!!! From the ones that you like the best and have the most meat! Over on -Acre Homestead - Becky had some great meaty pumpkins this year! You might check out her page! Can’t wait to hear about your plans for 2024!!
Very informative but do you always lick your fingers? 😅
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person in the world who doens't like pumpkin. At all. Nothing pumpkin flavored, not real pumpkin, not spiced pumpkin. Blech.
we don't celebrate the devil's holy holiday, halloween...:0(
We don’t either but you can have a pumpkin for fall and food without “celebrating” anything.
You may want to look into who started that rumour and why. It's not what people have been led to believe.
@@scrapper900 Exactly. We don't do most holidays but we do still enjoy seasonal things.