It always feels like a waste discarding the seeds from a pumpkin (then buying in pumpkin seeds in plastic wrapping from a health food shop …) so I’ve taken to drying and toasting my own. Here’s are basic steps to prepared pumpkin seeds; once they have been dried, I love to toast them in a frying pan (with no oil) to add on top of porridge (see my Pumpkin Porridge recipe), or for a tasty snack you can add a drizzle of oil plus salt and/or spices and roast them briefly in the oven.
Scoop out seeds from pumpkin, and remove any pith from around the seeds
Place seeds in a pan of salted water, simmer for 10 minutes
Drain seeds then space out on baking tray and place in oven set at low heat (100 C) for approx 40 minutes
Remove from oven, leave to cool then place in container or jar until you are ready to use them
