An autumn dish that you can adapt according to your tastes and what you have in your cupboard
THE INGREDIENTS OF STUFFED PUMPKIN
For 1 pumpkin, medium size (about 15cm in diameter)
- 1 white onion
- 200gr of bacon (smoked or not)
- 200g button mushrooms
- 1 tablespoon crème fraîche (optional)
- The little + : chestnut chips (to stay in the autumn theme and because it goes wonderfully well with the pumpkin)
- salt / pepper
THE RECIPE:
- Preheat the oven to 180° (fan)
- Cut out the cap of the pumpkin. Remove the seeds. Hollow out the pumpkin slightly and keep some flesh
- Slip the pumpkin (with its cap) into a gratin dish and pre-cook the pumpkin for about 15/20 minutes (put a little water at the bottom of the dish)
- Meanwhile, peel and slice the onion. Clean the mushrooms and slice them
- In a frying pan, heat a little duck oil or fat (even better). Sauté the onionsand add the blanched bacon , then the mushrooms. Add the pumpkin flesh cut into small pieces
- Cook over low heat until the mushrooms have released all their water. Add a tablespoon of crème fraiche
- Season with salt and pepper
- Fill the pumpkin with the preparation and bake for about 30 minutes . The flesh of the pumpkin must be tender
- When ready to serve, drizzle with a little hazelnut oil, it’s delicious
TRICKS:
This recipe can be made with other stuffings depending on the ingredients of the day or for a vegetarian recipe:
- Make a stuffing made with rice + sausage meat + garlic (such as stuffed tomatoes)
- You can replace the bacon with white ham (a little less fatty)
- Button mushrooms can be replaced by other seasonal mushrooms
- Some herbs like chives go very well with the recipe
- For a slightly richer dish, you can add a handful of grated cheese (comté, emmenthal…) or goat cheese
- For a 100% vegetarian version, the pretty blog Healthyfood – Création offers a variant with quinoa, lentils, carrots and goat cheese
OTHER RECIPE IDEAS, TOP TO MAKE WITH CHILDREN:
Potato pancakes (or Swiss rösti)
Tuna croquettes (by Laurent Mariotte)
Zucchini pancakes (from Victorine)
Oven-stuffed butternut squash
The Young Man Sketcher (by Romain Thibault)
Carrot cake with cumin
The matafan (or matefaim) of my childhood
Brick sheet tips
Chili con carne express
