how do i prepare a pumpkin to make pies.?

Question

do you boil it and what part?
any help needed, i have 4 huge pumpkins and i don't want to waste them

Answer 1

Cooked Pumpkin

"Here is an easy method for cooking fresh pumpkin and making your own puree."
Original recipe yield: 4 to 6 cups

INGREDIENTS
1 medium sugar pumpkin

DIRECTIONS
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 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.

Answer 2

This is a recipe that i've done atleast once every year ....ONCE A YEAR...lol....its a long and messy process but trust me its well worth it at the end. GoodLuck!


How To Prepare Fresh Pumpkins

Cut a round cap around the stem and pop it off.

Peel the tough outer skin of the pumpkin with a sharp knife. Or, another way to remove the skin easily is to wait until after you have boiled the squares of pumpkin (step 5); the skin comes off much more easily after this.

Scoop out the stringy insides and seeds.

Cut the remaining outer shell into squares.

Boil the squares uncovered until they're soft (the smaller the squares, the faster they'll cook). The longer you cook, the thicker the resulting texture of the baked pie and the stronger the flavor.

Cool and remove skin if you are peeling at this step.

Place the squares into a blender with milk, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg to taste. This will become your filling.

Prepare two bowls, putting a cup's worth of filling in each.

Add two eggs to each bowl and mix.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 Celsius, Gas Mark 5).

Transfer the filling from the two bowls to two pie crusts.

Sprinkle gently with cinnamon.

Wrap the pie crust edges in foil so that they don't burn.

Put the two pies in the oven for 45 minutes. Make sure they are on the same rack. If one gets more heat than the other, you'll end up with one burnt pie and one uncooked one. Check on your pies after 30 minutes, to avoid burning.
Let them cool at room temperature before eating. Refrigerate leftovers.

Tips
Line the pie crusts with a layer of thin apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon before pouring in the filling to mix things up.
Sprinkle a teaspoon cumin powder on top of the pie before placing it in the oven for a dramatic flavor.
As an alternative method, instead of boiling and peeling, cut the pumpkin in half at the equator. Scoop the seeds and strings, then place each half cut side down on a sheet pan in a 375 degree oven until it is soft and a fork pierces it easily. Let it cool and scoop out the pumpkin, leaving the skin behind.
Another alternative is to cut the pumpkin in half, scoop out seeds and fill part way with water before placing on a sheet pan and proceeding as above.

Answer 3

I have no idea.
Get the canned paste and you will be better off taking the pumpkins and make pumpkin soup.