RICE-STUFFED PUMPKIN

By blum099

Ingredients

• 2/3 c. brown rice
• 1 (4 lb.) pumpkin
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 c. raisins
• 1/2 c. dried peaches, chopped
• 1 apple, peeled and chopped

Preparation

Step 1

Add to brown rice boiling water covered by 2 inches. Cook, covered, 20 minutes and then drain (the rice will not be fully cooked). Hollow out pumpkin, rinsed and seasoned with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
Mix rest of ingredients with rice. Stuff into pumpkin, replace the top of pumpkin and place on a greased baking sheet. Bake the pumpkin 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees or until very tender. To serve, bring stuffed pumpkin to the table. Serve each guest a portion of the filling. Then cut pumpkin into wedges for each serving.