With the advent of autumn, the pumpkin season can be officially considered open. And what, if not pumpkin, is the main symbol of autumn? We decided to bring it to the fore by preparing a stuffed pumpkin, baked in the oven, - a spectacular and satisfying dish, which is appropriate to cook on weekdays, and in honor of the holiday.
Recipe of stuffed pumpkin baked in the oven
Let's start with a sweet variation of the baked pumpkin, which is prepared with the addition of apples, crumb of sweet bun and raisins. In the recipe, you can use dried bread and vary the mixture of dried fruits at your discretion.
Ingredients:
- pumpkin is small - 1.1 kg;
- butter - 55 g;
- apples - 320 g;
- sweet bun - 170 g;
- granulated sugar - 45 g;
- a handful of raisins;
- rum - 15 ml;
- pinch of cinnamon;
- extract of vanilla - ½ tsp.
Preparation
Before you cook a stuffed pumpkin in the oven, from the pumpkin itself, cut off the top and remove all the seeds.
In a frying pan, melt two-thirds of the butter and fry on it a diced bun. When the bread is browned, transfer it into a separate container, in the same frying pan, melt the remaining oil and fry pieces of apples on it. Sprinkle apples with sugar and raisins, pour rum, and when the sugar melts, stir apples in syrup with slices of bread. Add the mixture with vanilla extract and cinnamon. Put the sweet stuffing in the cavity of the pumpkin and cover with a previously cut lid.
Pumpkin stuffed with apples, baked in the oven is cooked in a preheated to 180 degree oven for about 2-2.5 hours.
Stuffed pumpkin baked in the oven with rice
Sourdough dishes from pumpkin will add cereals. Such a baked pumpkin is not only useful, but also original, satisfying and inexpensive dish, which is incredibly easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
- small pumpkins - 2 pieces;
- chicken meat - 1.4 kg;
- vegetable oil - 35 ml;
- onion - 75 g;
- chicken broth - 740 ml;
- sweet pepper - 185 g;
- rice - 1 item;
- garlic - 2 teeth;
- laurel leaves - 2 pieces;
- handful of cilantro;
- Ground cumin - 2 teaspoons;
- hot sauce - 10 ml;
- tomatoes - 65 g.
Preparation
Start by removing the core with the seeds from a couple of small pumpkins. Cut off the pumpkin cover - the attachment point of the peduncle, scrape the seeds with a spoon. Put rice to boil in chicken broth, and quickly fry seasoned chicken fillet, bringing the meat to half-ready.
Sliced vegetables rescuer together, also bringing them through semi-preparedness. Cut the chicken and mix it with the vegetables and rice. Supplement the dish with tomato slices, spicy sauce, cumin, cilantro and garlic cloves. Fill the pumpkins with the resulting mixture and leave to bake at 170 degrees for an hour.
The recipe for a stuffed pumpkin with meat in the oven
As an interesting meat dish you can serve these small stuffed pumpkins to the table. They can be filled with any minced meat or poultry, we decided to stop on beef.
Ingredients:
- miniature pumpkins - 4 pcs .;
- olive oil - 45 ml;
- ground beef - 540 g;
- onion - 85 g;
- garlic - 2 teeth;
- beef broth - 210 ml;
- a handful of green parsley;
- hot chili pepper - 1 pc.
Preparation
Slice the onion and save it until it turns brown. Onion fried with chopped garlic and hot pepper. Add the ground beef to the onion, season it well and leave it brown. Mix the minced meat with parsley and the broth. Leave for a couple of minutes on low heat, and while you do the pumpkins. Cut off the tops of each of the fruits, and remove the pulp and seeds with a spoon. Fill the cavities in pumpkins with minced meat and broth, cover all the tops cut off earlier and leave the stuffed pumpkin in the oven to bake for half an hour at 180 degrees.