The Gourmets' Pumpkin Bake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 500 g prepared pumpkin
• 100 g butter
• 125 g chopped onions
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 185 g carrots, chopped
• 125 g celery, chopped
• 185 g fresh breadcrumbs
• 2 teaspoons dried herbs
• salt and pepper (to season)
• 3/4 pint / 450 ml plain yogurt
• 3 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 beaten egg
• 2 tablespoons chives, chopped
• 4 ounces / 125 gm hard cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 steam pumpkin till just soft. drain and set aside.
• 2 melt butter in pan and fry the onions, garlic, celery and carrots til soft, not browned. add herbs and breadcrumbs. stir to mix well, remove from heat.
• 3 grease a 1.5 litre baking dish.
• 4 using half of the pumpkin cover the bottom of the dish. place the stuffing mixture on top of the pumpkin and cover with the remaining pumpkin.
• 5 over low heat mix yogurt, sesame oil and cheese till cheese melts, stir in the egg. remove from heat.
• 6 pour the sauce over the pumpkin, and sprinkle with the chives.
• 7 bake in oven 180c till nice and golden.