Vegetable & Rice Stuffed Pumpkin
Yield
4 servingsPrep
30 minCook
1 hrsReady
2 hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | each |
pumpkin
|
*
|
| 4 | tablespoons |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
soy sauce, tamari
|
|
| 1 | cup |
water
|
|
| ½ | pound |
chestnuts
shelled |
|
| ¼ | cup |
raisins, seedless
unsulfured |
|
| ¼ | cup |
apricots
unsulfured, chopped |
*
|
| 1 | each |
Granny Smith apples
chopped |
|
| ½ | cup |
walnuts
broken but not too small |
|
| 1 | stalk |
celery
chopped |
*
|
| 1 | medium |
white onion
chopped |
|
| 1 | medium |
red onion
chopped |
|
| 1 | can |
corn
drained |
*
|
| 1 | medium |
green bell peppers
chopped |
|
| 1 | medium |
sweet red bell peppers
chopped |
|
| 1 | medium |
zucchini
chopped |
*
|
| 1 | medium |
yellow summer squash
chopped |
|
| 2 | medium |
jalapeño pepper
seeded and minced |
*
|
| 2 | cups |
basmati rice
cooked |
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
mace
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
turmeric
|
|
| 1 | x |
black pepper
|
*
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
cinnamon
|
|
| 4 | tablespoons |
soy sauce, tamari
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | each |
pumpkin
|
*
|
| 6E+1 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
soy sauce, tamari
|
|
| 237 | ml |
water
|
|
| 226.8 | g |
chestnuts
shelled |
|
| 59 | ml |
raisins, seedless
unsulfured |
|
| 59 | ml |
apricots
unsulfured, chopped |
*
|
| 1 | each |
Granny Smith apples
chopped |
|
| 118 | ml |
walnuts
broken but not too small |
|
| 1 | stalk |
celery
chopped |
*
|
| 1 | medium |
white onion
chopped |
|
| 1 | medium |
red onion
chopped |
|
| 1 | can |
corn
drained |
*
|
| 1 | medium |
green bell peppers
chopped |
|
| 1 | medium |
sweet red bell peppers
chopped |
|
| 1 | medium |
zucchini
chopped |
*
|
| 1 | medium |
yellow summer squash
chopped |
|
| 2 | medium |
jalapeño pepper
seeded and minced |
*
|
| 473 | ml |
basmati rice
cooked |
|
| 1.3 | ml |
mace
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
turmeric
|
|
| 1 | x |
black pepper
|
*
|
| 2.5 | ml |
cinnamon
|
|
| 6E+1 | ml |
soy sauce, tamari
|
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
Wash pumpkin and cut off the top, angle the cut so that the top will fit back on more easily, use a big spoon to scoop out strings and seeds.
Mix sugar and 2 tablespoons tamari sauce (you can warm them in the microwave so they will mix more easily ) and spread evenly over insides of pumpkin.
Line the bottom of a large pan with single piece of aluminum foil folded over itself 3 or 4 times, pour 1 cup water in pan, place top back on pumpkin and place in baking pan, cover the pumpkin and the pan with foil.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until pumpkin is just starting to become tender, the thicker the pumpkin the longer it will take.
Steam the nuts for about 15 minutes.
Rinse them in cool water and slip off the brown skins.
Chop chestnuts coarsely.
Combine chestnuts with raisins, apricots, apple, walnuts, jalapeno peppers, mace, tumeric and rice, mix well.
Add the 4 tablespoons tamari and mix again.
Dust the inside of the pumpkin with the cinnamon.
Pack the pumpkin with the filling and replace the pumpkin top.
Return pan to oven, add water to cover the bottom of the pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes.
The bottom of the pumpkin may be VERY soft.
Wrap the foil from the bottom of the pan up around the pumpkin as you pick it up, this will keep the bottom intact.
When serving this recipe, scrap the inside of the pumpkin with the serving spoon and mix the pumpkin into the stuffing.
If you have leftovers do not leave it in the pumpkin.
Remove the filling and scrape out the pumpkin and store in your refrigerator.
Tastes great the day after.
