Meat with potatoes in pumpkin in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 50 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make meat and potatoes in pumpkin? Let's prepare the ingredients. It is better to use unsweetened varieties of pumpkin for this dish. But if you like the combination of a sweetish taste with meat and potatoes, then you can choose the sweet one.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the pumpkin well, cut off the top like a lid, and scoop out the pulp and seeds with a spoon or knife. The pulp from the inside of the walls of the pumpkin also needs to be cut off, but not very deep to the crust, so that the pumpkin does not lose its shape during baking and the walls do not collapse. Cut the pulp into small cubes.

3. STEP 3

   

   Lubricate the inside of the pumpkin with vegetable oil, place it on a baking sheet with a small amount of water and place it in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30 minutes.

4. STEP 4

   

   You can use any meat: beef as less fatty and high-calorie meat, or pork as more tender and juicy, lamb - for gourmets, or chicken (turkey) - as a more dietary option. I took pork tenderloin. We wash the meat, dry it and cut it into small cubes.

5. STEP 5

   

   Wash the carrots, peel and cut into small cubes.

6. STEP 6

   

   We do the same with onions. Place the vegetables in a deep bowl and add the chopped pumpkin pulp there.

7. STEP 7

   

   Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into small cubes or randomly shaped pieces.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat it. Place the meat in hot oil and fry it over high heat, stirring constantly with a spatula, until lightly browned. Turn off the fire.

9. STEP 9

   

   Place the meat in a bowl with vegetables. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste. You can add any other seasoning to taste. Mix.

10. STEP 10

    

    Remove the pumpkin from the oven and stuff it with the prepared meat and vegetable filling. Fill the contents of the pumpkin with water so that it does not reach the cut of the pumpkin by a couple of centimeters. If desired, water can be mixed with sour cream so that the meat and vegetables are stewed in a creamy sauce, the dish will have a pleasant creamy taste.

11. STEP 11

    

    Cover the pumpkin with a lid and put it in the oven for about another 35-40 minutes, you need to rely on the operation of your oven. At the end of baking, if desired, the filling in the pumpkin can be sprinkled with grated cheese and finely chopped fresh herbs to obtain a fragrant crust on top. Bon appetit!