B.Jennings Recipe ∗ Pumpkin Surprise

My grandmother made this many years ago. My children love it. The cooked pumpkin around the 'shepherd's pie' is sweet and delicious! What a surprise when the lid of the pumpkin is lifted!

Ingredients

• 1 small pumpkin
• 6 potatoes - peeled and cubed
• salt and pepper to taste
• garlic powder to taste
• 2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1 (15 ounce) can cream-style corn
• 1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn

Cooking Directions

1. Cut a 4 inch circle off the top of the pumpkin, including the stem; set aside to be used later as a lid. Remove seeds and stringy insides of pumpkin. Place pumpkin in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, and mash. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder; set aside.
3. In a skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef until no pink shows; drain. Spoon the ground beef into the pumpkin. Pour in the creamed corn and whole kernel corn. Top with mashed potatoes. Cover with pumpkin lid. Pour 2 cups of water in the baking dish.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until pumpkin is tender and can be pierced with a fork.

Nutrition Facts

• calories698.7
• carbohydrateContent70.1 g
• cholesterolContent113.5 mg
• fatContent32.5 g
• fiberContent7.4 g
• proteinContent35.1 g
• saturatedFatContent12.8 g
• sodiumContent559 mg
• sugarContent7.4 g