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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.

411 K 3.7/5 (151 reviews)

25 min.

Easy

6 €

1 pumpkin

1 Ingredient

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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1 pumpkin 2 pumpkins 3 pumpkins

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	20 RDI=9 %	120 RDI=10 %	0	560 RDI=30 %	2,350 RDI: 30 %
Per 100 g	1 RDI=0 %	5 RDI=1 %	0	30 RDI=1 %	120 RDI: 1 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

How much will it cost?

For 1 pumpkin : 6 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin)

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