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Roasted pumpkin filled with bobotie

Simple

Preparation time: 20 minutes | Cooking time: 50 minutes

>60 min

A surprising dish of roasted pumpkin filled with bobotie.

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Bobotie is a South African dish made with minced meat, apple, and green beans in a creamy, spiced sauce. In this dish, we make roasted pumpkin with a delicious bobotie filling. This makes for a surprising twist on the classic dish.

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 190 °C.

Halve the pumpkins lengthwise. Scoop out the seeds (if using butternut squash, scoop out a little more of the inside to fit the filling). Make a few diagonal slits in the flesh. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and season with black pepper and sea salt to taste. Place the pumpkin in a baking dish and roast in the oven for 30 minutes.

Peel and finely chop the onion. Slice the scallions into rings. Shell the green beans and cut them into pieces. Cut the apple into pieces. Add the eggs to the milk and whisk until smooth.

Heat the remaining olive oil in a pan and brown the ground beef. Add the onion, spring onions, and green beans and cook for 2 minutes. Add the apple, raisins, and Bobotie Spice Mix and deglaze with water. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add the crème fraîche and stir.

Remove the pumpkins from the oven. Divide the bobotie between the pumpkin cavities. Drizzle with the egg-milk mixture and bake for another 20 minutes.

Remove the pumpkin stuffed with bobotie from the oven and serve with fresh arugula.