Stewed Pumpkins Recipes

STEWED PUMPKINS

Steps:

• Place the squash, butter, vinegar, and spices in a saucepan over low heat. Stir and heat until all of the ingredients are well-combined and hot. Adjust the seasonings to your liking and serve.

PUMPKIN STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown meat in 2 tablespoons oil. Add water, potatoes, carrots, green pepper, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 2 hours. Stir in bouillon and tomatoes. Wash pumpkin; cut a 6 to 8 in. circle around top stem. Remove top and set aside; discard seeds and loosen fibers from inside. , Place pumpkin in a shallow sturdy baking pan. Spoon stew into pumpkin and replace top. Brush outside of pumpkin with remaining oil. Bake at 325° for 2 hours or just until the pumpkin is tender (do not overbake). Serve stew from pumpkin, scooping out a little pumpkin with each serving.

PUMPKIN STEW

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Place beef in the saucepan and cook until evenly brown. Mix in the water, potatoes, carrots, green bell pepper, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer approximately 2 hours.
• Dissolve the bouillon into the beef mixture. Stir in the tomatoes.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Cut top off the pumpkin and remove seeds and pulp. Place the pumpkin in a heavy baking pan. Fill the pumpkin with the beef mixture. Brush outside of the pumpkin with remaining oil.
• Bake in the preheated oven 2 hours, or until tender. Serve the stew from the pumpkin, scraping out some of the pumpkin meat with each serving.

HOMEMADE PUMPKIN STEW

Steps:

• In a large heavy pot add the olive oil, chopped shallot and sliced sausages cook on medium heat, stirring often until browned, about 3 minutes.
• Add the garlic, potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, vegetable stock, oregano, hot pepper flakes or pepper if using and rosemary/thyme bag. Stir to combine.
• Cover and bring to a boil, then remove cover and continue cooking on a slow boil for approximately 15 minutes, add the mushrooms. Continue to cook until veggies are tender. Taste for salt. Serve immediately. Enjoy!

STEWED PUMPKIN

Steps:

• Heat a large heavy saucepan over medium heat and add the butter. Add the calabaza and garlic and cook for 1 minute, stirring once. Add the water, cover the pan, and reduce the heat to low. Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes more, or until the squash is only just tender, stirring the mixture occasionally so that it doesn't stick. Add the green onions, salt, pepper, and chile, and stir to mix. Cook uncovered for 3 to 5 minutes more. Serve warm.

HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN STEW

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with heavy duty aluminum foil.
• Wash the pumpkin and cut off the top at an angle to form a lid that won't fall through. Clean out and discard seeds and string.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef, oregano, salt, and pepper in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onion, celery, and bell pepper; cook 3 minutes. Add mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce, water, corn, mushrooms, and instant rice. Stir well.
• Pour mixture from the skillet into the pumpkin and replace lid.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour. When serving, scrape the insides of the pumpkin to get some of the soft flesh in each bowl.

STEWED POMPION (PUMPKIN)

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, stir and heat all the ingredients together.
• Adjust seasonings to taste, and serve hot.

STUFFED PUMPKIN STEW

Steps:

• Prepare an ice-water bath. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add brussels sprouts, and cook until bright green and crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer to ice-water bath. Repeat with green beans and snap peas. Drain.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Rub inside of pumpkin and cut side of its top with 3 tablespoons oil. Place pumpkin and top on a parchment-lined baking sheet, and roast until they are tender but still holding shape, about 1 hour.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken generously with salt and pepper. Working in batches, cook chicken until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Remove excess fat from skillet. Repeat with remaining chicken, adding 1 tablespoon oil to skillet with each batch. Place chicken on a baking sheet. Add stock to skillet, and bring to a boil, scraping bottom. Pour stock into a small bowl.
• Roast chicken until golden brown and cooked through, about 40 minutes. Reserve pan juices.
• Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add apples, and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden and softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in chestnuts, and remove from heat.
• Combine potatoes, leeks, carrots, turnips, parsnips, squash, and celery root in a large bowl. Toss with remaining 1/2 cup oil, and season with salt and pepper. Spread vegetables in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet, and roast until golden and tender, about 40 minutes. Add brussels sprouts, green beans, snap peas, apple mixture, and the garlic, and toss. Roast until garlic is golden brown and vegetables are heated through, about 10 minutes.
• Combine chicken, vegetables, parsley, stock, and 2 tablespoons reserved pan juices in a large bowl. Place mixture in pumpkin, and roast until heated through, about 15 minutes. Slice pumpkin into wedges. Serve each pumpkin wedge with some stew.

BEEF STEW IN A PUMPKIN

Steps:

• Scrub pumpkin well.
• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in 5 quart casserole over medium heat.
• Add beef in batches to brown on all sides.
• Warm brandy, ignite and pour over beef.
• Transfer meat to platter and set aside.
• In same casserole pot, combine oil, onion, green pepper and garlic, cooking over medium heat about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add stock and madeira and bring to boil.
• Scrape sides and return meat and juices to pot.
• Stir in tomatoes, salt, oregano, pepper, bay leaf, and cloves.
• Cover, reduce heat to low and cook 15 minutes.
• Add potatoes and cook 15 minutes more.
• Stir in zucchini and cook 10 minutes more.
• Add corn, apricots and prunes and cook another 5 minutes.
• Keep stew warm on low heat while preparing pumpkin.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cut pumpkin about 3 or 4 inches from top to form a lid and do not remove stem!
• Scrape out seeds and string fibers from lid and base.
• Brush melted margarine inside pumpkin and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
• Replace lid and bake pumpkin in roasting pan about 40 minutes.
• Pour juices from pumpkin into stew and stir well.
• Place stew into pumpkin and bake about 15 minutes longer.

PUMPKIN VEGETABLE CURRY STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute more. Add the curry powder, cinnamon, ginger, salt, and black pepper and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and stir until it is a thick, relishlike sauce.
• Add the water, scraping the bottom of the pan to incorporate all the flavors. Add the pumpkin, carrot, potato, green banana, and Scotch bonnet pepper. Raise the heat to high and bring to a boil while gently blending the ingredients together. Cover, reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring a couple of times, until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Remove the Scotch bonnet pepper before serving.