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Beef-Stuffed Pumpkin - CDKitchen.com

serves/makes:
  
ready in:
  2-5 hrs

ingredients

6 pounds whole pumpkin
2 teaspoons salt, divided use
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
1 pound ground beef
3 eggs
2 teaspoons crushed dried sage
1 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cups cooked rice, preferably a mixture of white and wild rice
2/3 cup raisins
1/2 cup pine nuts

directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cut top from pumpkin and remove seeds and strings. Prick cavity with fork and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of the salt.

Heat pot or large skillet. Add oil to pot or skillet. When hot, add garlic and onion and saute until onion is transparent. Add beef and continue sauteing until browned.

Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients. Stuff pumpkin with mixture.

Place 1/2 inch water in bottom of a shallow baking pan large enough to hold the pumpkin. Put pumpkin in the pan and bake 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Cut pumpkin into wedges (or if small pumpkins used, into halves) and serve, giving each person both pumpkin and stuffing.

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