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How to prepare a pumpkin (or potimarron)

Here is how to prepare a pumpkin for use in a recipe like the delicious potimarron soup.

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 1 pumpkin, you will need:

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

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
25 min.	25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

How to prepare a pumpkin (or potimarron)

Wash pumpkin under tap, scrubbing it if necessary.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Cut off and discard top and bottom.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Cut in 2 vertically, if possible using a large knife with a wide blade.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Remove and discard seeds and soft fibrous part with a tablespoon.

Stage 5

You should keep only flesh of pumpkin, the firm part.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Cut each half into pieces.

Stage 7 - 10 min.

Remove skin from each piece with a vegetable peeler.

Stage 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.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
560 Kcal or 2,345 Kj	24 gr	118 gr	0 gr
28 %	9 %	11 %	0 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
28 Kcal or 117 Kj	1 gr	6 gr	0 gr
1 %	<1 %	1 %	0 %

Per pumpkin
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
560 Kcal or 2,345 Kj	24 gr	118 gr	0 gr
28 %	9 %	11 %	0 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 pumpkin : 6.00 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron braised in meat jus, Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup, Potimarron and celeriac autumn soup, Duo of slow-cooked pork, Potimarron and leek soup, ... All

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