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 A fun main dish to serve at fall
and harvest parties. - Submitted by Julee.
Meal
in a Pumpkin
- Medium sized pumpkin (4
pounds)
- 1 1/2 pounds lean ground
beef
- 1/3 cup chopped green
pepper
- 3/4 cup chopped celery
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 (4-ounce) can mushrooms
- 1 (10.5-ounce) can condensed
cream of chicken soup
- 2 cups cooked rice
- Black olives
- Steamed carrot
- Whole cloves
- Fresh parsley
- Using a sharp knife, cut
lid from pumpkin and scoop out pumpkin seeds and excess membrane with a scraping tool.
- In a large skillet, combine
ground beef, green pepper, celery and onion; cook over medium heat until ground beef
is browned. Add next
seven ingredients to skillet. Mix well and place mixture into
pumpkin cavity.
- Place lid on pumpkin.
Place pumpkin on a foil-lined cookie sheet and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 1 1/2 hours.
- Just before serving, embellish
pumpkin by placing (with toothpicks) black olives to make eyes, a steamed carrot to
make a nose and whole
cloves to make a mouth. Use fresh parsley leaves to make
hair around the opening.
- To serve, scoop out part
of the baked pumpkin,
along with the meat mixture, onto each plate.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
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