A few weeks ago I was listening to Morning Edition on NPR I heard Dorie Greenspan describing a dish from her new cookbook Around My French Table. She calls it Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good and I think that it really describes the dish perfectly.
Basically you take a small pumpkin,
or two, and clean it out,
Then stuff it
with a mixture made up of gluten free bread (I used Udi’s), heavy cream, cheese, bacon, and garlic. I omitted the nutmeg due to my own personal flavor palette, and I actually used half of the heavy cream it called for and substituted skim milk. It worked great! I also shredded the cheese instead of cubing, which I didn’t realize was a mistake until writing this post. It seemed fine, but I could see how cubing would be great too!
And then you bake it slowly, until the pumpkin essentially bakes in to submission and the bubbly, cheesy stuffing browns and turns golden.
You can read the full recipe here.
After you read it. Make it.
It sounds fancy. Looks fancy. But it’s dangerously easy to make and INCREDIBLY delicious. The cooked pumpkin is incredibly creamy and nutty, with the saltiness of the bacon. Mmmm…
It may even be better than the brie stuffing I made a few years ago! Although…that brie stuffing is REALLY good.
But these pumpkins…
Let’s just call it a tie :)
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What sort of stuffing will you be eating on Thursday?
I want to try out Jill’s stuffing so that I can make it for my brother at Thanksgiving. He’s new to being gluten free and he used to LOVE Stove Top.
8 comments:
I think I just drooled on my desk.
Even though I'm not a bacon girl, this is getting added to my "Must Try" list.
LOVE LOVE LOVE it....
OH MY GOD.
For reals? YUM.
I'm making that after thanksgiving whilst still in a stretchy-pant-state!
Did you double the recipe since you stuffed 2 pumpkins? That looks heavenly and I really want to try to make it!
I didn't double it. And actually, so long as the bread is moist, you can switch it up anyway you want!
Thanks! One more question - how much Udi's bread did you use? The recipe says 1/4lb and one loaf is 12 oz, so did you just use 1/3 of a loaf? That doesn't seem like much, so I wanted to double check!
I made your sausage balls (well, I used the same link to the one you use) and they were SO GOOD. Lasted all of five seconds at my Friendsgiving party. I didn't have any fresh parsley, but I added paprika, onion salt and herbs de provence. They were insanely good. Some poor other person also brought sausage balls, and had to take most of them home.
I've heard it's super hard to cook things in pumpkins... so you are certifiably AMAZING in the world of culinary expertise. It's true! Nicely done!!!
I want you to know that I saw this recipe and just had to make it. I made it for my halloween party on saturday... and it went so fast I didn't even get to take any pics! Ok, truthfully I forgot... but it really did disappear and everyone raved about how gorgeous and yummy it was! Thanks!!
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