Stuffed sugar pumpkin

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
-Sue Woodward
3poundsSugar pumpkin; to 4-lb.
1teaspoonSalt
½teaspoonDry mustard
1mediumOnion; chopped
1poundsGround beef
3Eggs; slightly beaten
1cupCooked regular rice
¾teaspoonPepper
2teaspoonsSalt
½teaspoonDry mustard Water

Directions

GREAT HOME COOKING

Cut lid out of pumpkin; remove seeds. Prick inside cavity with fork. Rub inside with 1 tsp and ½ tsp mustard. Cook onion and ground beef in skillet until lightly browned. Remove from heat. Add eggs, rice, pepper, 2 tsp salt, and ½ tsp mustard. Stuff pumpkin with mixture (size of cavity will vary with pumpkins - you may need more filling if pumpkin meat is very thick). Replace pumpkin lid. Place stuffed pumpkin in shallow pan with water. Bake in 350~ oven 1 hr., 30 mins., or until pumpkin is tender. Add more water if necessary.

Published by the editors of _Farm Journal_ Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" <rpearson@...> on Oct 3, 1998