HIDATSA STUFFED SUGAR PUMPKIN

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

1    Sugar pumpkin, 4-5 pounds
2 t  Salt
1/2 t  Dry mustard
2 T  Rendered fat
1 lb Ground buffalo, venison or
-beef
1    Medium onion, chopped
1 c  Cooked wild rice
3    Eggs, beaten
1 t  Crushed, dried sage
1/4 t  Pepper

Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Cut the top off the pumpkin and remove strings
and seeds. Reserve seeds for another use. Prick the cavity with a fork and
rub with 1 teaspoon salt and the mustard. Heat fat in a large skillet, add
meat and onion and saute over medium-high heat until browned. Off the heat,
stir in wild rice, eggs, remaining salt, sage and pepper.
Stuff pumpkin with the meat mixture. Place 1/2′ water in the bottom of a
shallow baking pan. Put pumpkin in the pan and bake for 1 1/2 hours, or
until tender. Add more water to the pan as neccessary to avoid sticking.
To serve, cut pumpkin into wedges, giving each person pumpkin and
stuffing.

Source: Spirit of the Harvest

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