Cooking pumpkin for pies, a cooking technique by cookshow.com. How to Cooking pumpkin for pies. :

Cut off the top of the pumpkin and scrape out all the seeds and strings (an ice cream scoop works great).

Cut it into sections and with a paring knife, cut the skin off the flesh.

Steam the flesh until tender and puree.

Do NOT immerse the pumpkin meat in water and boil - it will soak up the water and make a watery pie