Argentinean Stew in A Pumpkin Shell

Try this new take on stew where you eat this savory dish out of a pumpkin shell!

90 minutes Prep: 30 minutes Cook: 60 minutes

675 calories per serving view nutrition facts

6 servings suggest servings

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Ingredients

2	pounds	beef	stew meat, cut in 1 1/2 inch cubes
1	each	onion	chopped
2	each	garlic	cloves, minced
3	tablespoons	vegetable oil
2	each	tomatoes	chopped
1	each	sweet bell pepper	green, chopped
1	x	salt	pepper
1	teaspoon	sugar
1	cup	apricots	dried
3	each	potatoes	white, peeled, diced
3	each	potatoes	sweet, peeled, diced
2	cups	beef broth
1	each	pumpkin	medium
1	x	butter	or margarine, melted
1/4	cup	sherry	dry
1	each	corn	whole kernel, can, drained

Directions

Trim any excess fat from beef and cook with onion and garlic in oil until meat is browned. Add tomatoes, green pepper, 1 tablespoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, sugar, apricots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes and broth. Cover and simmer 1 hour.

Meanwhile, cut top off pumpkin and discard. Scoop out seeds and stringy membrane. Brush inside of pumpkin with butter and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Stir sherry and corn into stew and spoon into pumpkin shell. Place shell in shallow pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour, or until pumpkin meat is tender. Place pumpkin in large bowl and ladle out stew, scooping out some of pumpkin with each stew serving.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 499g

Amount per Serving

Calories 675 46% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 35.0g	53%
Saturated Fat 12.0g	60%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 130mg	43%
Sodium 268mg	11%
Total Carbohydrate 45.0g	15%
Dietary Fiber 5.0g	21%
Sugars 6.0g
Protein 46.0g	93%