BAKED WHOLE PUMPKIN

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This is one of our family's favorites, a custard-filled pumpkin that looks quite impressive on the holiday table (From Breaking Bread: A Family History Preserved By Seven Sisters). Originally submitted to ThanksgivingRecipe.com.

Provided by Karla Rossi

Categories     Fruits and Vegetables     Vegetables     Squash

Yield 7

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 small sugar pumpkin
6 eggs
2 cups heavy whipping cream
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon molasses
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon butter

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Cut the lid off the pumpkin and remove the seeds.
  • Combine the eggs, whipping cream, brown sugar, molasses, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger. Pour mixture into the pumpkin shell and top the butter. Replace lid on pumpkin and place in a baking pan.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until mixture has set like a custard. Serve right from the pumpkin at the table, scraping some of the meat from the pumpkin wall with each serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 397 calories, Carbohydrate 24.3 g, Cholesterol 257 mg, Fat 31.2 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 7.5 g, SaturatedFat 18.1 g, Sodium 103.7 mg, Sugar 18.2 g

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