Cooked Pumpkin Native America Recipes

COOKED PUMPKIN [NATIVE AMERICA]

Steps:

• Here is the method I use to cook it: Cut the pumpkin into quarters and remove the seeds and fibers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and bake the pumpkin quarters 45 minutes, until tender.
• Remove from the oven and scrape the flesh from the skin.
• Place in a food processor and puree.
• Run through a sieve to remove any remaining fibers and use the pumpkin according to the recipe instructions.
• Cooked pumpkin will keep about 1 week in a nonmetal, covered container in the refrigerator and several months in the freezer.

CHOCTAW FALL CAKE (NATIVE AMERICAN PUMPKIN CAKE) RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Generously oil and flour a bundt pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, soda, cinnamon and cocoa. Add pumpkin, oil, eggs, vanilla and blend well. Pour into prepared bundt pan and bake 40-50 minutes. turn out onto a wire rack to cool and serve with whipped cream if desired warm or cooled.

NATIVE AMERICAN PUMPKIN CANDY

Steps:

• Prepare pumpkin by cutting in half, removing seeds and fibers, cut pumpkin into smaller more manageable pieces, peel. Cut pumkin into strips about 2-inches by 4-inches.
• Put pumpkin strips into large pot, cover with water. Stir in baking soda. Let stand overnight (12 hours).
• Drain into colander. Rinse well with running water. Rinse pot well. Add pumkin to pot and cover with fresh water.
• Put pot on stove and cook until pumpkin is tender (BUT NOT SOFT!). Drain, rinse in cold water and add ice to pot to cool pumpkin and crisp it. Return to colander to drain it well.
• In the large pot, put 1 cup of water and the 5-1/2 cups of sugar. Bring to a boil for 10 minutes. Add the pumpkin, simmer in the pot covered with lid until the syrup is thick and the strips are brittle. Spread the strips onto a few baking sheets to dry. This can be stored when cold.
• *** I haven't made this yet. I think it will be good, and I may do it in two batches and add pumpkin pie spices to half.

COOKED PUMPKIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Cut pumpkin into small manageable pieces and cut off pith and seeds.
• Place cut pumpkin skin side up in a large roasting pan. Add 1/4 inch of water and bake uncovered for 1 hour or until tender. Remove from oven and allow pumpkin to cool.
• When cooled, cut away skin and mash or puree. Use in any recipe that calls for canned pureed pumpkin.