Baked Stuffed Pumpkin

Photo: Zomppa

Ingredients

3 pounds pumpkin

1 onion, chopped

2 tablespoons butter

5 slices of baguette

1/2 teaspoon thyme

1/2 sage

Salt

Pepper

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

1/2 cup Cheddar or Gruyere cheese, grated

1 cup chicken stock

1 cup heavy cream

Olive oil

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400F

Cut out small top from pumpkin and clean inside

Brush outside of pumpkin with olive oil

Cut baguette into 1-inch cubes and bake for about 5 minutes to get a little crisp

Meanwhile, saute onions in butter

Combine onions with bread crumbs

Mix chicken stock with heavy cream, add seasoning

Layer bottom with bread crumb mixture, then cheese mixture, then stock/cream mixture; repeat until about 1-2 inches from the top

Put the “lid” back on the pumpkin and bake until it bubbles

Reduce to 325F and bake for about 1 1/2 hours

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About

Adapted from Julia Child, who is a wonderful inspiration that it’s never too late to find your passion. In honor of Julia as well as the last days of autumn, an easy way to impress with those last remaining golden globes of fall: pumpkins.

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Added:

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 7:42pm

Creator:

Zomppa

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