Cooked Pumpkin Native America Recipes

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.

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.

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.