Fall Pumpkin Stew
 
 
*Use a 10 to 12 pound pumpkin; be sure not to over bake! Or one small pumpkin for each person.
 
1   sweet pumpkin* (all pumpkins are not the same if you get a river pumkin it is pretty but NASTY)  
2 lbs    beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes  
3 Tbs    vegetable oil, divided  
1 cup    water  
3 large    potatoes, peeled and cubed  
4   carrots, sliced  
1 large    green bell pepper, chopped  
4 cloves    garlic, minced  
1 large    onion, chopped  
2 tsp    salt  
1/2 tsp    ground black pepper  
1 14.5 oz    can whole peeled tomatoes, chopped or squished  
2 Tbs    beef bouillon granules  
 
Directions
1 ) Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Place beef in the saucepan and cook until evenly brown. Mix in the water, potatoes, carrots, green bell pepper, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer approximately 2 hours.
2 ) Dissolve the bouillon into the beef mixture. Stir in the tomatoes.
3 ) Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
4 ) Cut top off the pumpkin and remove seeds and pulp. Place the pumpkin in a heavy baking pan. Fill the pumpkin with the beef mixture. Brush outside of the pumpkin with remaining oil.
5 ) Bake in the preheated oven 2 hours, or until tender. Serve the stew from the pumpkin, scraping out some of the pumpkin meat with each serving. Makes 8 servings
 
Servings: 1
Yield: (depends on number of pumpkins used and size)
Cooking time: 4 hours
Ready in: 4 hours and 30 minutes
 
 Recipe Source

Source: Paula ARG Kernachan

Being from a native american background we ate more root crops and gourds than most people do today. This is a great way to start using pumpkin :) any stew you like will go good in this. It will introduce your family to the idea slowly.

 
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