Roasted Long Island Cheese Pumpkin
Ingredients
- Long Island Cheese Pumpkin
- kosher salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut the pumpkin in half and then cut each half into two pieces. Scoop out the seeds.
- Liberally add kosher salt to the flesh of pumpkin.
- Place onto a sheet pan with the flesh side down. Using a knife or fork poke some holes in the pumpkin for steam to be released.
- Roast for 30 to 45 minutes until the pumpkin is fork tender. Start checking at the 30 minute mark.
- Allow pumpkin to cool before scooping out the flesh. The pumpkin is ready to use in recipes. You can puree in a blender or with an immersion blender to make it smoother.