Pumpkin stuffed with rice

3 servings

45 minutes

The recipe is taken from the book by A. Piruzyan "Armenian Culinary" (1960).

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 493.3
• Proteins: 8.8g
• Fats: 21.3g
• Carbohydrates: 80.4g

Ingredients

• Pumpkin: 1.5 kg
• Rice: 70 g
• Butter: 70 g
• Cherry plum: 70 g
• Sugar: 25 g
• Raisin: 30 g
• Apple: 200 g
• Ground cinnamon: 1 g
• Salt: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Wash the pumpkin, cut off the top, then use a spoon to remove the flesh and seeds, and rinse again.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pumpkin: 1.5 kg

2. Separate the edible part of the pulp from the seeds, finely chop it, add boiled rice, washed raisins, pitted mirabelle plums, peeled and julienned apples, sugar, salt, ground cinnamon and mix well.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pumpkin: 1.5 kg
   • Rice: 70 g
   • Raisin: 30 g
   • Cherry plum: 70 g
   • Apple: 200 g
   • Sugar: 25 g
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground cinnamon: 1 g

3. Fill the pumpkin with prepared minced meat and close it with the cut top.

4. After that, place the pumpkin on a greased baking sheet and bake in the oven.

   Required ingredients:

   • Butter: 70 g

5. Serve the stuffed pumpkin cut into pieces and drizzled with oil.

   Required ingredients:

   • Butter: 70 g