Beef Stew In A Pumpkin Food

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.

BEEF PUMPKIN STEW

Steps:

• Cut the beef into 1-inch chunks. Dredge the beef in the flour until all of the beef sides are covered.
• In a large soup pot, melt the butter over medium high-heat. In small quantities, brown the beef on all sides, removing the browned beef and setting it aside in a large bowl as you go. When the beef is browned, add the onion and the garlic to the pot. Sauté the onion and garlic for one minute, scraping the bottom of the pot as you stir.
• Return the browned beef to the pot and add the beef stock, pumpkin puree, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Stir well and bring to a boil. Once the liquid is boiling, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Add the potatoes, carrots and thyme sprigs to the pot and increase heat to medium. Cook for an additional 30 minutes. Salt to taste 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 HARVEST BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown beef in batches; remove with a slotted spoon to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. Add the pumpkin, potatoes, squash and onion. Stir in the broth, tomatoes and seasonings. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender., Remove bay leaves. In a small bowl, mix water and flour until smooth; gradually stir into stew. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes or until liquid is thickened.

BEEF AND PUMPKIN STEW

Steps:

• 1.) Heat the Butter in a large pot - saute the Onion until soft - remove the Onion and keep aside 2.) Dust the Beef cubes with the seasoned Flour - brown in the same pot as was used for the Onion 3.) Return the Onion to the pot and add the Pumpkin, Potato cubes, Tomatoes, Sugar, Stock, Wine and Thyme - bring to the boil then reduce heat and simmer 25 - 30 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked - add a little water if needed halfway through cooking

BEEF STEW IN A PUMPKIN SHELL

Steps:

• In the olive oil, brown the beef with the onion and garlic. Add all the remaining ingredients, except the corn, sherry and pumpkin of course. Simmer for a 1 hour, covered. Cut the top off the pumpkin and discard. Scoop out the seeds and stringy membrane, and discard them as well. You could toast the pumpkin seeds in the oven for a snack if you like, but they are not used in this recipe. Brush the inside of the pumpkin with butter and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Stir in the stew, sherry and corn. Bake the stew containing pumpkin at 325 degrees F for about an hour, or until the pumpkin is tender. When serving, scoop out some pumpkin along with the stew.

PUMPKIN STEW (COOKED IN THE PUMPKIN)

Steps:

• Carve a hole in the top of the pumpkin; remove seeds and stringy inside, then set the pumpkin aside.
• Brown the meat in a Dutch oven, then add all the cut up vegetables, salt, pepper, and water. Let simmer 1 hour.
• Place pumpkin in shallow baking pan. Fill with the stew mixture. Brush the sides of the pumpkin with oil and cook on 350°F for 2 hours or until the pumpkin is tender. Serve.
• Be sure to get chunks of pumpkin in your stew as you serve it--this enhances the flavor.

CAZUELA DE VACA (BEEF AND PUMPKIN STEW)

Steps:

• Cut the piece of beef into 6 large chunks (one per serving). Place the beef into a large saucepan; pour in the beef broth and water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium, cover, and simmer until nearly tender, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Stir the polenta into the stew along with the potatoes and onion. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Cut the pumpkin into 6, serving-sized pieces, and add to the stew along with the corn, carrot, bell pepper, celery, and leek; simmer until the vegetables are tender, adding more water if needed to barely cover. Stir in the oregano and paprika during the last 5 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle into serving bowls, and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

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.

BRAISED BEEF AND PUMPKIN STEW

Steps:

• For the Stew:.
• Season the beef generously with salt and pepper.
• In a large, heavy frying pan over medium-high heat, warm the olive oil and add the beef and braise it until browned on all sides (about 8 min total).
• Using a slotted spoon, remove the beef to a plate.
• Pour off most of the fat from the pan, return to the medium-high heat and sauté the onion, thyme and bay leaves until the onion begins to brown (about 6 min).
• Add garlic and cinnamon stick, cook 1 additional minute.
• Pour in the wine and vinegar and stir to dislodge any flavorful browned bits on the bottom of the pan.
• Transfer the contents to a slow cooker with the meat, carrots, tomatoes and stock.
• Cover and cook on low setting for approx 5 hours.
• Add the pumpkin or squash chunks over the top of the beef, recover and continue to cook the stew for 3 more hours. The beef and pumpkin should be very tender.
• Remove and discard thyme sprigs, cinnamon stick and bay leaves, skim off the fat. Serve with polenta, couscous or wild rice. With the garnish (below) on top of the strew portion.
• For the Garnish:.
• Note: the ingredients listed above make only a very small amount, I tripled the ingredients above for my family and friend that was there to enjoy the meal!
• In a small bowl whisk the olive oil and vinegar together with some salt and pepper.
• Stir in the minced onion and mint.

PUMPKIN SHELL BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In a large pan suitable for stew, cook garlic, onion, and beef in oil until meat is browned. Add tomatoes, geeen pepper, sugar, apricots, beef broth, sweet potatoes, baking potatoes, and some salt and pepper.
• Cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 325.
• Meanwhile, cut top off of pumpkin. Scoop out seeds and stringy membrane. Brush inside of pumpkin with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Once the hour has passed, stir sherry and corn into stew and pour stew into pumpkin shell.
• Place pumpkin shell on baking sheet and bake 1 hour, or until pumpkin meat is tender.
• Place pumpkin in large serving bowl and ladle out stew, scooping out some of pumpkin with each stew serving.

BEEF STEW IN A PUMPKIN

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown meat in 2 tablespoons oil.
• Add water, potatoes, carrots, green peppers, garlic, onion, salt, and pepper.
• Cover and simmer for 2 hours.
• Stir in bouillon and tomatoes.
• Wash pumpkin; cut a 6 to 8 inch circle around top stem.
• Remove top and set aside; discard seeds and loose fibers from inside.
• Place pumpkin in a shallow sturdy baking pan.
• Spoon stew into pumpkin and replace the top.
• Brush outside of pumpkin with remaining oil.
• Bake at 325 degrees 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:

• 1. 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 to 6 to 8 in. circle around top stem. Remove top and set aside; discard seeds and loosen fibers from inside.
• 2. 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. Yield: 8-10 servings.
• 3. Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 324 calories, 11 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 57 mg cholesterol, 1,070 mg sodium, 37 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 23 g protein. Originally published as Pumpkin Stew in Taste of Home October/November 1995, p37
• 4. Original Recipe and Picture come from: Taste of Home, Recipe via: Donna Mosher, Augusta, Montana. http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Pumpkin-Stew I have slightly adjusted this to my own tastes.

BEEF STEW WITH PUMPKIN

Steps:

• In a large pot or Dutch oven, saute the onion in oil on medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, and cook 1 minute, until fragrant.
• Add meat and 1 teaspoon salt, brown 5 to 7 minutes. Add tomato paste, cook 1 minute.
• Add remaining ingredients except pumpkin, cover and cook on low heat until the meat is tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Add the pumpkin (or squash) and cook and additional 30 to 35 minutes, until pumpkin is tender.
• Taste for salt and adjust as needed, discard bay leaves and serve.