Fresh Pumpkin Pie? Who knew??

So, I had a few pumpkins laying around and I had the grand idea of making fresh pumpkin puree for pies, muffins, soup...whatever! Here was the process...

Before

After steaming for probably an hour...

Minus the skin

Leftovers...

Waalaah!! Pumpkin Puree!!!


And the best part of the whole thing - toasted pumpkin seeds!!

I froze quite a bit of the puree for future use and made 3 pies - it wasn't quite as good as out of a can, in my opinion, and it was definitely a lot more labor intensive, but now I can say that I make pie from scratch!! It was a fun process and we did enjoy the fruits of my labor. I think I will puree it a while longer next go round!!