Pumpkin Stew

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Title: Pumpkin Stew
Categories: Stews
Yield: 1 servings


1 1/2 lb beef round -- boneless,
: cubed
1 TB butter -- not margarine
1 md onion -- coursely chopped
2 stalks celery -- coursely
: chopped
5 c water
1/2 ts salt
1/2 ts dried thyme
1/4 ts black pepper
5 lb pumpkin
1/4 c all-purpose flour --
: sifted
1 c frozen green peas

In a 4-quart Dutch oven, brown beef in butter. Add
onion & celery; saute until browned. Stir in 4 cups
water, the salt, thyme, & pepper. Heat to boiling.
Cook covered 1 hour. Cut 2 inches off the top of the
pumpkin. Trim the rim of pumpkin bottom to form
points; scoop out seeds. Peel top & trimmings; cut
into 1" cubes; add to beef after 1 hour. Cook 30 mins
longer or until tender. Heat oven to 350*. Bake
pumpkin shell 20 mins. Stir flour into 1 cup water;
add stew with peas. Cook, stirring until thickend;
spoon into shell & serve. Note: Do not place pumpkin
on direct heat.

Recipe By : sarahb@fanfare.Eng.Sun.COM (Sarah Bate)

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