Pumpkin Stew

== Description ==
== Ingredients ==
* 2 lb Beef stew meat,- cut in 1 1/2-in. cubes
* 1 lg Onion; chopped
* 2 garlic cloves; minced
* 3 tb oil
* 2 lg tomatoes; chopped
* 1 lg Green bell pepper; chopped
* salt, pepper
* 1 ts Sugar
* 1 c dried apricots
* 3 White potatoes,- peeled and diced
* 3 sweet potatoes,- peeled and diced
* 2 c beef broth
* 1 md pumpkin
* butter or margarine; melted
* 1/4 c Dry sherry
* 1 cn Whole kernel corn (1 lb), drained
== Directions ==
# Trim any excess fat from Beef and cook with Onion and garlic in oil until meat is browned.
# Add tomatoes, green pepper, 1 tablespoon salt,1/2 teaspoon pepper, Sugar, apricots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes
and broth. Cover and simmer 1 hour. 
# Meanwhile, cut top off pumpkin and discard.
# Scoop out seeds and stringy membrane.
# Brush inside of pumpkin with butter and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
# Stir sherry and corn into stew and spoon into pumpkin shell.
# Place shell in shallow pan and bake at 325F 1 hour, or until pumpkin meat is tender.
# Place pumpkin in large bowl and ladle out stew, scooping out some of pumpkin with each stew serving.
Category:Apricot Recipes
Category:Argentine Recipes
Category:Argentine Soups
Category:Beef Recipes
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