Recipe: Delicious Stuffed Pumpkin

Stuffed Pumpkin. Discover Savings on Stuffed Pumpkin & More. A whole pumpkin is stuffed with a savory meat mixture. The recipe calls for venison, but ground beef may be substituted.

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Ingredients of Stuffed Pumpkin

1. It's 1 of medium sized pumpkin or 1 large butternut squash.
2. Prepare 1 cup of short grain rice.
3. It's 500 ml of boiling water.
4. You need 250 grams of minced beef.
5. Prepare 5 tablespoons of olive oil in 2 halves.
6. It's 1 of medium red onion dicef.
7. You need 1 clove of garlic mashed.
8. You need 1 of medium tomato diced.
9. It's 1 of green chilli pepper diced.
10. You need 1 tablespoon of tomato paste.
11. You need 1 tablespoon of ketchup.
12. Prepare 1 tablespoon of pomegranate molasses.
13. You need 1 tablespoon of sherry vinegar.
14. It's of Salt to bring the mix slightly salty.
15. It's of Black pepper.
16. You need 1 TSP of ground cinnamon.
17. You need Half of teaspoon Seven spices.
18. Prepare of Chopped Italian parsley.
19. Prepare of Chopped peppermint.

In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the soup, mushrooms, soy sauce and brown sugar. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Working with one pumpkin at a time, use a sharp paring knife to cut the top of the pumpkin off in one piece (as when making a jack-o'-lantern).

Stuffed Pumpkin instructions

1. Boil clean water. Add on top of your short grain rice. Cover for 30 minutes before use..
2. Cook the meat in a pan over low to medium heat till ready..
3. Put your meat aside. In the same pan heat about 2 tablespoons of olive oil to fry your onion..
4. Add the garlic, place the meat back in the pan. Add the chilli pepper then the diced tomato..
5. Add the ketchup and tomato paste. Add the molasses and vinegar. If you need to dissolve the ingredients, add a bit of water to the pan..
6. Finally add the rice and the spices. Mix well then remove from the heat..
7. Cut open your pumpkin or butternut squash. Clean the inside well. Fashion a lid to use for covering the rice..
8. Stuff the meat and rice mix into the pumpkin. Cover with the lid. Hold the lid in place using toothpicks. Sprinkle the remaining amount of olive oil over the pumpkin..
9. Place in the oven covered with aluminum foil for 2-3 hours at 180 degrees C..
10. This how it looks after you remove the lid. The rice is soft and well cooked. The squash is tender. Enjoy!.
11. I occasionally stuff the pumpkin with minced meat with condiments with rice as a side dish. It is very delicious..

Carefully run knife along the cavity of the pumpkin to loosen seeds and stringy pulp, then use a spoon. If you bake the pumpkin in a casserole, it will keep its shape, but it might stick to the casserole, so you'll have to serve it from the pot - which is an appealingly homey way to serve it. If you bake it on a baking sheet, you can present it freestanding, but maneuvering a heavy stuffed pumpkin with a softened shell isn't so easy. Spoon stuffing into pumpkin and replace top. Combine the corn bread, toasted bread and crackers in a large mixing bowl.