How to Use Pumpkin Seeds After Carving a Pumpkin

How to Use Pumpkin Seeds After Carving a Pumpkin

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesHow to Use Pumpkin Seeds After Carving a Pumpkin

Carving a pumpkin is an annual ritual: picking the perfect pumpkin choosing a design and carving it to bring your vision to life. But then you have to figure out how to use the pumpkin cores and seeds you scrape out.

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How to use pumpkin seeds!

Try these ideas to use pumpkin seeds in new ways this Halloween. And even turn those stringy slimy pumpkin seeds into something delicious.

If you plan on making pumpkin soup pumpkin risotto pumpkin curry or pumpkin pasta sauce you can enhance the flavor by saving the pumpkin seeds and making a flavorful broth from them.

After scraping out the guts throw them—seeds and all—into a pot with aromatic vegetables like onion carrot and celery and enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes to an hour. Strain out the vegetables and store the pumpkin stock in the refrigerator or freeze it for use in recipes.