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stew in a pumpkin

Stew in a Pumpkin

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes

Servings

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound beef stew
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 potatoes cut small
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 parsnip peeled and chopped
  • 1 green pepper cut
  • 3 carrots sliced
  • 2 cups water
  • 4 cloves minced garlic
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 whole pumpkin
  • Cumin

Instructions

  • Heat olive oil in pot, add beef and brown evenly.  
  • Add all vegetables, water, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.  Let simmer 30 minutes.  Add cumin.
  • Preheat oven to 325.  
  • Cut off top of pumpkin, remove seeds, place soup in pumpkin, place pumpkin in a dish and bake in oven for 2 hours.
  • Bowl out the soup and scrape the pulp from the pumpkin into the stew