Jack o'Lantern Rice

== Description ==
Makes 10 servings.
== Ingredients ==
* 1 medium pumpkin (large enough to hold 6 cups mixture)
* 1 pound well-seasoned lean bulk pork sausage
* 3 cups cooked rice
* 1 tart red cooking apple, cored and chopped
* ½ cup chopped onion
* ½ cup chopped celery
* ½ cup raisins
* 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
* ½ teaspoon salt
* ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
* ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
* ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
== Directions ==
# Cut off top of pumpkin; remove seeds and fibers. For a jack-o-lantern effect, paint a face on pumpkin with a permanent marker or acrylic paint. Set aside.
# Cook sausage in skillet, stirring to crumble. Drain well.
# Combine sausage, rice, apple, onion, celery, raisins, brown sugar, salt, allspice, cinnamon and pepper; spoon into pumpkin shell.
# Place on baking sheet. Bake at 350°F for 1¼ to 1½ hours, or until pulp inside pumpkin is tender.
# Spoon rice mixture from pumpkin. Scoop out cooked pumpkin; season with butter, salt and pepper, if desired. Serve with rice mixture.
Category:American Meat Dishes
Category:Apple Recipes
Category:Halloween Recipes
Category:Main Dish Meat Recipes
Category:Side Dish Meat Recipes
Category:Party Recipes
Category:Pork sausage Recipes
Category:Pumpkin Recipes
Category:Rice Recipes