Stewed Pumpkin
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut the pumpkin into small pieces.
Place the pieces in a kettle with ½ cup of water.
Stew and finish
Stir often to prevent scorching.
Stew for 6 to 8 hours until quite dry.
Remove from the stove and pass through a colander.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Pumpkin
- Forms the bulk of the dish; as it stews its moisture cooks off and it softens into a thick purée.
- Water
- Provides initial moisture so the pumpkin can soften and steam before it thickens.
The step that matters
Stir often to prevent scorching. As the water evaporates over a long stew, the sugars and starches in the pumpkin concentrate and can stick to the base of the kettle and burn. Frequent stirring keeps the bottom moving and the heat even.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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