How Do You Prepare A Pumpkin For Soup?
Before pumpkin soup can be cooked, the pumpkin must be prepared a certain way. Preparing a pumpkin to be used in soup is a simple task. Once the pumpkin is prepared, it can also be used for other recipes aside from soup such as pumpkin bread and pumpkin pie. Step 1 Wash the outside of the pumpkin thoroughly with water. Do not use soap. Step 2 Take the serrated knife and using a sawing motion slice the pumpkin in half. Cut off the pumpkin stem. Step 3 Take one of the pumpkin halves and scrape the inside of the pumpkin clean, using an ice cream scoop. Make sure to scrape the entire inside of the pumpkin so that it is completely clean and that all of the stringy material inside is removed. After the first half is scraped clean, do the same with the other pumpkin half. Step 4 Steam the pumpkin. To cook the pumpkin on the stove, put enough water in the large pot for steaming and place the steamer insert inside. Place the pumpkin in the steamer insert and start the stove to bring the pot to
