How to cook dinner in a pumpkin!

Cook Dinner in a Pumpkin!

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Cut the top of the pumpkin off and remove all seeds and stringy center.

Cut the top of the pumpkin off and remove all seeds and stringy center.

Your clean pumpkin is now ready for the stew (when it is ready:). Just set the pumpkin aside for now.

Your clean pumpkin is now ready for the stew (when it is ready:). Just set the pumpkin aside for now.

Chop up your favorite stew ingredients.

Chop up your favorite stew ingredients.

Photo not shown... Add all ingredients to crock pot and cook on high for 3 hours. Then preheat oven to 325F, move stew from crockpot to pumpkin and bake for 1 hour.

I cooked my stew-filled pumpkin with the top off and it caramelized the leeks. Yum!

I cooked my stew-filled pumpkin with the top off and it caramelized the leeks. Yum!

Allow to cool a bit before serving. I prefer to scoop out the beef stew, taking some of the soft, cooked pumpkin with each scoop.

Allow to cool a bit before serving. I prefer to scoop out the beef stew, taking some of the soft, cooked pumpkin with each scoop.

  • 1 pound cubed beef
  • 1 1/3c chicken/beef/vegetable stock
  • 1 packet of beef stew seasoning
  • 2 medium carrots
  • 1 medium sugar pumpkin
  • 1 leek
  • 1 small package sliced mushrooms
  • 2 small red potatoes
  • 2 Roma tomatoes
  • 1 parsnip
  • Knife and large spoon for cleaning out pumpkin see
Charleston, South Carolina
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