Beef Stew In A Pumpkin

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
• 1 cup water
• 3 large potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
• 4 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
• 1 large green pepper, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons beef bouillon granules
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (10 lb) pumpkin

Recipe

• 1 in a dutch oven, brown meat in 2 tablespoons oil.
• 2 add water, potatoes, carrots, green peppers, garlic, onion, salt, and pepper.
• 3 cover and simmer for 2 hours.
• 4 stir in bouillon and tomatoes.
• 5 wash pumpkin; cut a 6 to 8 inch circle around top stem.
• 6 remove top and set aside; discard seeds and loose fibers from inside.
• 7 place pumpkin in a shallow sturdy baking pan.
• 8 spoon stew into pumpkin and replace the top.
• 9 brush outside of pumpkin with remaining oil.
• 10 bake at 325 degrees for 2 hours or just until the pumpkin is tender (do not overbake).
• 11 serve stew from pumpkin, scooping out a little pumpkin with each serving.