How to prepare a pumpkin (or potimarron)

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 pumpkin, you will need:

• 1 1 potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin)
• Total weight: 2,000 grams

Times:

Preparation
25 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Wash pumpkin under tap, scrubbing it if necessary.
2	Cut off and discard top and bottom.
3	Cut in 2 vertically, if possible using a large knife with a wide blade.
4	Remove and discard seeds and soft fibrous part with a tablespoon.
5	You should keep only flesh of pumpkin, the firm part.
6	Cut each half into pieces.
7	Remove skin from each piece with a vegetable peeler.
8	Your pumpkin is ready for use.

Remarks

If you are preparing potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin, not the normal pumpkin) for a soup, it is not necessary to peel it, as the skin will be blended with flesh and this will improve flavour.

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