Hag Hash

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lbs pumpkin
• water
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb lamb sausage
• 1 large onion
• 1/2 green pepper
• 1/2 zucchini
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato juice
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 cut out the top of the pumpkin.
• 2 scrape out the seeds and fibers.
• 3 rinse out with water.
• 4 place pumpkin in cauldron and cover with tap water.
• 5 simmer in lightly salted water until almost tender, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• 6 while the pumpkin is simmering, chop the onion, green pepper and zucchini into one half inch pieces.
• 7 mince the garlic clove.
• 8 pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 9 carefully drain out the water from the cauldron and remove pumpkin, placing it to the side.
• 10 add the cooking oil and the garlic to the cauldron.
• 11 cook for 1 minute.
• 12 add the onions to the cauldron and cook for 1 minute.
• 13 add the ground beef and sausage and brown the meat.
• 14 remove the cauldron from the heat.
• 15 add the green pepper, zucchini, tomato juice, salt, basil, thyme, and the fresh ground pepper.
• 16 stir.
• 17 spoon the concoction into the pumpkin.
• 18 carefully replace the lid.
• 19 place the pumpkin into the baking dish.
• 20 add about 1/2 inch of water to the bottom of the baking dish to keep the pumpkin from burning.
• 21 brush the pumpkin with cooking oil.
• 22 bake for 1 hour.
• 23 remove the baking dish from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes.