Pumpkin stuffed with pork baked in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 15 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Let's prepare the ingredients for the dish. Let's start by preparing the pumpkin. Pumpkin for such dishes should be taken of unsweetened varieties. Wash the pumpkin well, dry it with a towel, and use a sharp knife to cut off the top like a sliver.

2. STEP 2

   

   Using a spoon, scoop out the pulp and seeds. Wash the inside of the pumpkin again. We don’t throw away the top; it will serve as a lid during baking so that the meat and vegetables simmer in their own juices.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into cubes.

4. STEP 4

   

   You can use absolutely any meat you like. Turkey can be called the healthiest. And the method of preparation and combination of ingredients will make the dish even healthier. With such meat, the dish can be served even for people with food restrictions and for children. I have pork. We wash the fillet and cut it into small pieces. It will turn out juicier, fattier and tastier.

5. STEP 5

   

   Wash the carrots, peel them, cut them into small cubes, strips or circles.

6. STEP 6

   

   Peel the onions and cut them into cubes, feathers or halves of rings.

7. STEP 7

   

   The ingredients for stuffing the pumpkin are ready. Fill the pumpkin with meat and vegetables, distributing them evenly inside. Salt and pepper to taste; if desired, you can add any other meat seasoning. Add olive oil and water. Mix vegetables with meat and spices well.

8. STEP 8

   

   Cover the pumpkin with a “hat”. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. The bottom of the mold should be greased with vegetable oil and a little water should be poured in so that the pumpkin does not start to “burn” from below. Place the pumpkin in a mold and place in the oven for 40 minutes. You need to focus on the operation of the oven, the size of the pumpkin and the volume of the contents. The readiness of the dish can be checked by the meat; it should be soft and tender in taste.

9. STEP 9

   

   Remove the pumpkin from the oven. While the dish is hot, put the contents into cups, cut the pulp into pieces and serve with the roast. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Margarita

19.09.2023

4.5

Very beautiful and simple recipe. I made a pumpkin for Halloween. I served it to the table whole. Everyone appreciated the scale of my cooking. I liked the combination of pumpkin, meat and potatoes. The only negative was the unbaked potatoes. But here it was the potatoes that came across. In other dishes it behaved the same way: it was boiled or fried for a very long time. Therefore, I would like to give advice: before preparing this dish, make sure that the potatoes are soft and pliable. All my other vegetables were fine. The pumpkin inside is soft and juicy. Soaked in meat. Just yum-yum-yum.

Petra-♫

19.09.2023

4.9

I recommend adding bell pepper for flavor. My family always welcomes stuffed pumpkin with pork!