Hidatsa Stuffed Sugar Pumpkin

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

4 Responses to “Hidatsa Stuffed Sugar Pumpkin”

  1. jacobs100 Says:

    OK, what’s a sugar pumpkin? Is it a regular pumpkin that you make sweet or
    what? Recipe looks good.

  2. Terri Regan Says:

    It’s a smaller pumpkin. If you’re growing your own you can look
    for sugar pumpkin seeds. I don’t cook with pumpkin much, so I’m
    looking for recipes that use it that fit the diet as well. As I
    find more recipes, I’ll post them.

  3. claudia800 Says:

    Is it a pie pumpkin? They are much smaller …
    Linda

  4. Terri Regan Says:

    Probably.

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