Stuffed Roasted Pumpkin

 

Ingredients:

1
 
6-7 lb. Pumpkin (sugar pumpkin or other suitable for eating pumpkin)
Cut off top of pumpkin to make a lid. Remove the seeds and scrape out any stringy pulp.
Heat oil and sauté onion until it is soften. Add 2 garlic cloves, continue to saute for 30 sec., add all other dry ing. stir until it is glossy. Pour in stock, bring to boil. Cover and simmer for 15 min. Rice should be damp and not very fluffy.
 

Rub inside of pumpkin with garlic and rub some salt.

Spoon rice into pumpkin cavity. Press lid firmly on top. Wrap bottom 2-3 inches of pumpkin in two layers of foil to protect contact with water. Place in a roasting pan and add 1 inch of boiling water to the pan.

Bake until it is tender when pierced, about 1.5 hours. Allow to rest before serving for about 10 minutes. Cut wedges like a cake and place each wedge on a serving plate, mound with rice stuffing.

1
Tbl
Oil
1
 
Finely chopped onion
3
clove
Minced garlic
1
cup
Dried cranberries
1
tea.
Ground ginger
1
tea.
Allspice
1/4
tea.
Saffron
 
 
Grated zest of 1/5 orange
2
cup
Basmati rice
4
cup
vegetable stock
 
 
Salt

From the Recipe Collection of Nurit Friedman