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Stuffed pumpkin gratin

The small squash used here is the Japanese chestnut pumpkin or "potimarron". For this gratin, we scrape out the seeds and fill the centre with a mixture of two sorts of fried meat (chicken and bacon), chestnuts and cream, then bake it in the oven until the pumpkin flesh is soft.

Served straight from the oven like this, the pumpkins look really appetising. Just dig in with a spoon.

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Last modified on: November 29^th 2015

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 300 g chicken breast
2 300 g belly (streaky) bacon
3 600 g potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin)
4 150 g cooked chestnuts
5 200 ml liquid cream
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 1,550 grams

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18 min.	51 min.	1 hour 9 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 7 min.

Prepare the filling

Cut 300 g chicken breast and 300 g belly (streaky) bacon into small dice.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Fry the bacon in a frying pan on high heat, then set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Use the same frying pan to fry the diced chicken in the bacon fat.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

When the chicken is nicely browned, retrun the bacon to the pan, salt and pepper, then stir together to blend the flavours.

Set aside.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Prepare the pumpkins

Use one small pumpkin (about 11 ounces or 300 g) per person.

Slice just a little off the bottom so that it will sit firmly on the plate.

Take care to leave a good thickness of skin, or the pumpkin may leak during cooking.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

Use a spoon to scoop out the seeds from the centre of each pumpkin, then

salt and pepper the inside.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Fill the pumpkin with a layer of meat.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Add a layer of chestnuts, sliced fairly thickly.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Add a second layer of meat.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Fill up to the top with cream, then salt and pepper again.

Stage 11 - 40 min.

Cook the pumpkins

Bake for about 40 minutes.

Stage 12

Serve piping hot.

Remarks

You can use other fillings if you prefer, of course, but the combination of another meat with bacon works really well.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,091 Kcal or 12,941 Kj	103 gr	78 gr	263 gr
155 %	40 %	7 %	40 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
199 Kcal or 833 Kj	7 gr	5 gr	17 gr
10 %	3 %	<1 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,545 Kcal or 6,469 Kj	52 gr	39 gr	132 gr
77 %	20 %	4 %	20 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 10.55 €
Per person : 5.28 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mixed vegetable curry, Duo of slow-cooked pork, Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, ... All
	Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chinese style chicken, Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Vol-au-vent, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Pan-fried chicken breast on mozzarella, ... All
	Belly (streaky) bacon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fried egg in bread, Chicken club sandwich, Pâté de campagne, Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, Boulangère potatoes, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turnip and sesame puree (tahina) soup, Salmon with sorrel, Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage , Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Fresh spinach with cream, ... All

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