Best Pumpkin Lamb Stew Recipes

ARMENIAN PUMPKIN AND LAMB STEW

Steps:

• Cut the pumpkin into 2 to 3 inch chunks, leaving skin on. Brush with oil & roast at 400 degrees F skin side up about 30 minutes until softened & browned. Remove from oven & set aside to cool.
• Combine coriander, cardamom, cinnamon, cumin and clove in a spice mill
• or coffee grinder. Grind until smooth. Set aside. Head a tblsp of oil
• in large, heavy-bottom saucepan. Add the lamb in one layer. Sprinkle with
• the spice mixture. Seer over medium heat until lightly browned, about 3-5
• minutes. Remove the lamb from the pan and set aside.
• Add the onion and garlic to the pan. Saute, stirring frequently, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the carrots, celery root, tomatoes, and acorn squash. Add the broth. Return lamb to the pan. Partly cover and gently simmer until the lamb is tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• While the stew is simmering, peel the skin from the roasted pumpkin & add to the stew in the last 1/2 hour of cooking.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Cook the rice according to package directions, set aside.
• Divide the rice among warmed bowls. Ladle the stew over the rice. Garnish with coriander and parsley. Serve immediately.

PUMPKIN STEW WITH LAMB

Steps:

• Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Heat oil in a heavy casserole and add half the meat, stirring so pieces brown evenly, 3 to 4 minutes over high heat.
• Scoop out meat and add remaining cubes to the fat still in the casserole. Cook, stirring, about 3 minutes, or until pieces are well browned. Scoop out second batch and add to the first.
• Put onions in the casserole and add garlic. Cook, stirring, about 1 minute, and return meat pieces to the casserole. Sprinkle flour over all and stir to coat pieces evenly.
• Add wine, water, tomato paste, bay leaf, thyme and chili pepper and cover closely. Bring to boil and simmer about 40 minutes. Add pumpkin. Continue cooking about 20 minutes longer. Stir in rosemary and corn and bring to boil. Remove bay leaf and serve.

PERSIAN LAMB OR BEEF PUMPKIN STEW

Steps:

• Brown the meat and add about 1 and 1/2 cups water.
• Add tomato paste, turmeric, cinnamon, saffron and salt and pepper and sauteed onion.
• Cook covered ata simmer for about 1 and 1/2 to two hours.
• Meat should be tender and nearly falling apart stage.
• You may need to add water during cooking but you shouldn't end up with more than the stated amount.
• You don't want a watery stew.
• In the meantime, seed the pumpkin and slice into 2X2 inch pieces and peel.
• Brown on both sides in corn oil.
• The pumpkin should become brown in some places and somewhat flexible but not totally cooked.
• Add to meat and cook covered an additional 20-30 minutes until tender but not falling apart.
• A fork should go into the pumpkin easily but not break it up.
• Add the prunes the last 5 minutes of cooking.
• They shouldn't really cook too much but should get warm.
• Serve over hot basmatic rice.

PUMPKIN LAMB STEW

Steps:

• Roast, peel, and seed Poblano Chiles. Dice and set aside.
• Heat a large saucepan and add Onion, Garlic, Chiles, and Lamb. Sauté for 4-5 minutes, until onions are caramelized. Add Ginger, Tomatoes, Coconut Milk and Lamb Stock. Bring mixture to a boil and add spices and Kidney Beans.
• Cut the top off the pumpkin and scoop out the seeds and fibrous strands. Place the shell in a shallow roasting pan and fill with soup mixture. Bake in a 350° oven for about 1 hour or until the pumpkin flesh is soft.
• Carefully remove pumpkin from pan and place into a large casserole dish. Ladle stew into bowls, making sure to scrape the sides of the pumpkin and get pieces of the flesh with each spoonful.
• Serve with hot rice or cous cous.
• NOTE: Garam Masala is an Indian spice found in specialty food stores or it can be made by grinding together the following spices -.
• 5 teaspoons Coriander Seeds 1 Tbl Cumin Seeds 1 Tbl Black Peppercorns.
• 1 teaspoons Whole Cloves 1 teaspoons Cinnamon 1 teaspoons Green Cardamom Pods.

LINDA MARTIN'S LAMB STEW IN A PUMPKIN

Steps:

• Brown lamb in 1 tbsp salad oil over medium high heat. Remove from pan as it browns. Add another tbsp oil and two chopped onions and 2 cloves garlic. Saute until soft and return meat and juices to pan. Add cinnamon (about 2 inches) cloves, ginger and cayenne along with chicken broth. Cover and simmer until meat is tender (check, but somewhere between 1/2 to 1 hour). Add 2 zucchini cut into 1/2 inch thick slices and 6 carrots cut in half lengthwise and into 1 inch pieces. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Remove meat and vegetables and spoon into hot pumpkin. Discard cinnamon stick. Stir together 2 tbsp flour and water and stir into cooking liquid. Cook, stirring until mixture boils and thickens. Pour over meat and vegetables in pumpkin. Set lid in place and bake in roasting pan about 30 minutes or until pumpkin is tender when pierced. Pumpkin: Cut top off pumpkin and scrape out seeds and fiber. There should be a shell of approx. one inch depth. Put the whole pumpkin in a shallow roasting pan. Add about 1/2 inch water and bake in a 350 oven until almost tender (approx. 1 hour) It's wise to cover the stem of the pumpkin with foil to protect it while baking.