Ingredients
- One medium sized pumpkin Salt
- Extra virgin olive oil
Preparation Steps
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Cut pumpkin, scrape out seeds, and rinse. Use a strong metal spoon to scrape the insides of the pumpkin and scoop out the seeds and strings.
- Place the mass of pumpkin seeds in a colander and run under water to rinse and separate the seeds from everything else.
- Boil pumpkin seeds in salted water for 10 min
- Measure the pumpkin seeds in a cup measure. Place the seeds in a medium saucepan.
- Add 2 cups of water and 1 tablespoon of salt to the pan for every half cup of pumpkin seeds. Add more salt if you would like your seeds to be saltier.
- Bring the salted water and pumpkin seeds to a boil. Let simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and drain.
- Bake seeds in 400°F oven until browned
- Coat the bottom of a roasting pan or thick baking sheet with olive oil, about a teaspoon or so.
- Spread the seeds out over the roasting pan in a single layer, and toss them a bit to coat them with the oil on the pan. Bake on the top rack until the seeds begin to brown, 5-20 minutes, depending on the size of the seeds. Small pumpkin seeds may toast in around 5 minutes or so, large pumpkin seeds may take up to 20 minutes.
- Keep an eye on the pumpkin seeds so they don’t get over toasted. When lightly browned, remove the pan from the oven and let cool on a rack. Let the pumpkin seeds cool all the way down before eating.