Last year I wrote about how to cook and puree a pumpkin for making pies, muffins and soups. This year when we ordered Calabaza from the produce stand we really had no idea what we would get. The literal translation of Calabaza is Squash.
In English we usually refer to the different squash by their common names; pumpkin, zucchini, crook neck... So my Calabazas arrived and I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that they looked similar to what I call Baking Pumpkins, just more colorful.
Today we served a gorgeous Pumpkin Soup and one of our customers asked me what brand of Can we use! Can?!?!?!? Not in our Kitchen! She seemed to think that roasting your own pumpkin would be difficult and unrealistic. It is a little time consuming, but you have fresh pumpkin all year long after a few hours of work. Here is how:
