I found this recipe the other day on the blog of Woodentaste and I thought it looked really delicious! So, I decided to give it a go especially that I had a nice half butternut pumpkin in my fridge. You can find the original recipe here. I made a few minor changes.
Ingredients:
- Half butternut pumpkin peeled (I haven’t peeled mine but this is definitively something I’ll do next time.)
- 300 grams of minced beef
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 can of kidney beans
- 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
- Half chilli seeds removed and finely chopped
- Some grated cheese
- Some olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon of salt + ¼ teaspoon of pepper + 1 teaspoon of cumin for the minced beef
- ¼ teaspoon of salt + ¼ teaspoon of pepper for the butternut pumpkin
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Rub the butternut pumpkin with oil and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Place it in an ovenproof dish. Cook for an hour or until soft (the cooking time depends on your oven.)
- Meanwhile, cook the onion with a little bit of oil, in a pan, until softened. Add the chili and cook for a few minutes. Add the minced beef and cook breaking up any lumps and until it loses red colour. Add the salt, pepper, cumin, tomato paste and kidney beans and mix all the ingredients together.
- Scoop out a little of the butternut pumpkin and mix it with the minced beef mixture (I forgot to do this step but it was delicious just the same.)
- Fill the butternut pumpkin with the minced beef mixture.
- Sprinkle the grated cheese on the top and put it back in the oven for 5 minutes until melted cheese (you can also broil for few minutes until golden cheese.)
- Serve with salad or veggies. It was a delight!
What is your favourite butternut pumpkin recipe?
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I’m posting two tasty squash recipes at the end of the month. Squash is a favorite of mine. Your recipe looks great!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Looking forward to have a look at your recipes.
Looks very tasty. I want to try it tomorrow for lunch. Pumpkin is very healthy and delicious.
Please, let me know if you try it.
Hello? I’m coming home from work … Starving. You can’t do this to me. That looks just delicious and I’m salivating. Why wld u recommend peeling next time Rita? Kim
Haha Kim, It’s quite easy to do and delicious too! I would recommend peeling only because it would be easier to eat. The skin stayed quite hard and it was difficult to cut it.
Oh, that looks fabulous – I’ll have to try that. I’m a big fan of the old mashed pumpkin – it’s wonderful comfort food!
Perfect timing – whole pumpkin sitting in the fridge waiting for inspiration! This will be on the menu tomorrow, thanks.
Did you end up doing it? Please let me if you liked it.
Amazing presentation Rita.It looks better than mine.I like the cheese on top.Good work.
Thank you so much for the inspiration!
It look delicious. Will give it a try. It’s a change from my butternut squash soup! Thanks Rita!
Oh that sounds soooo yummy! I’m gonna have to try it!
Thanks for sharing!
MC xx
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Mmmm, that looks yum, I think I will give that one a go. Looks super easy too – My type of cooking!
It was indeed very easy to do Rhian!
We’ll have pumpkins in the house soon for baby food – I might keep one half of the pumpkin aside for this
Hello there, you’ve reminded me of some meals my mum used to cook with pumpkin she grew! And squashes too. I love the look of this but I just know my kids would rebel… and hubby is veggie… I cannot wait until all four of them are older and wiser and better at new foods. Teens are better but one twin is terrible!!
Looks fab though, a visual feast… what’s the food equivalent of armchair travelling.
Thank you Seana! I try to take nice and clean pictures of the food I photograph. I think it make the food look much better.
This reminds me so much of some meals my mum made from marrows she grew when we were small. Lovely. I wish my fussy kids weren’t so bloomin’ fussy.. and my hubby!
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