Baked Stuffed Pumpkin
"Pumpkin takes a while in the oven to soften, so you have to be willing to let it bake a couple of hours, but in my opinion, it's well worth the wait."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 medium fresh pumpkin
- 1⁄2 - 1 lb ground beef
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, divided
- 1⁄2 cup cabbage, chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup bell pepper, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup sweet corn
- 1⁄2 cup instant barley
- 2 tablespoons oil
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 .
- Cut top from pumpkin and clean.
- Coat inside with butter and 1/4 cup brown sugar.
- Saute ground beef, onion, cabbage, and peppers in oil in large skillet. Drain fat.
- Add corn and barley to mix, then stuff mix into pumpkin.
- Add remaining brown sugar on top. Put on pumpkin top.
- Place pumpkin in a shallow pan with 2" of hot water. Bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hrs., or until tender.
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Reviews
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Hi I bought a rather large pumpkin with the idea of baking it for dinner, serving 8 people. My thinking was, to possibly spice it up and use it as a side dish or possibly stuffing it full of good veggies, cheese and Italian sausage. What are your suggestions? Thanks, DonnaLee
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I live in Minneapolis with my husband and our dog Dexter. We just got married in Oct. of 2006 and live in an old house that we remodeled ourselves and turned into a duplex. He's a med student and is just starting his residency in family practice. I'm an adult mental health case manager. My job is super-stressful and takes up most of the brain power that I have in a day, but cooking is relaxing to me, and I love trying new combinations of foods.
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