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One Pot Dinner in a Pumpkin HT MC British 170mins
Serves 6-8 Hot Beef Vegetables Main Course Britain Europe Dairy Free Eggless
Ingredients 1 Medium Pumpkin 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil 675g/1-1/2lb Lean Minced Beef 1 Onion, chopped 1 Garlic Clove, crushed 1 teasp Sugar 2 teasp Dried Mixed Herbs Salt and Black Pepper 900ml/30fl.oz. Beef Stock 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce 225g/8oz Cabbage, shredded 225g/8oz Fresh Green Beans, thickly sliced 200g/7oz uncooked White Rice
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F, Gas Mark 4.
2. Wash pumpkin, cut off top at least 5cm/2inches down to leave a wide opening and scrape out seeds only. Set aside reserving the top.
3. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the onion and garlic and sauté until beginning to colour. Add the mince and fry over a high heat until browned, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as it cooks.
4. Add the sugar, mixed herbs, salt, pepper, stock, Worcestershire Sauce and rice and mix thoroughly.
5. Place 1/3 of the cabbage and green beans inside the pumpkin then add half the beef and rice mixture. Repeat layers, ending with a layer of cabbage and beans. Replace lid (top) and bake for 2 to 2-1/2 hours.
6. To serve - transfer the complete pumpkin to the table and serve straight from the pumpkin "pot", scooping the flesh from the sides of the pumpkin as you go.
This is a great dish for a Halloween or bonfire (Guy Fawkes) party. The bigger the pumpkin the more it serves. Just remember to increase the filling and cooking time accordingly.
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