Great Pumpkin Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (6 -7 inch) sugar baby pumpkin
• salt and pepper
• 3 tablespoons honey mustard (or prepared yellow mustard and 2 tablespoons brown sugar)
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1/2 cup dry italian breadcrumbs

Recipe

• 1 cut top from pumpkin in a zig zag design.
• 2 remove seeds and stringy insides.
• 3 place pumpkin in a baking pan; add about 1 inch of hot water.
• 4 cover pumpkin and pan with foil.
• 5 bake at 400 degrees f. for 45 minutes. (or microwave for about 14 minutes.).
• 6 season inside of pumpkin with salt and pepper; brush with honey mustard (or yellow mustard and sprinkle with brown sugar).
• 7 combine egg, worcestershire sauce, 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt, ground beef and bread crumbs; mix well.
• 8 spoon into pumpkin shell, packing down lightly.
• 9 return to oven and bake, uncovered, 45 to 60 minutes, until the pumpkin is tender and the meatloaf is cooked. (the internal temperature should reach 160 degrees f.).
• 10 you may cook the "lid" of the pumpkin along with the meatloaf, however, watch it and remove when it is cooked and still looks attractive.
• 11 remove and let rest for 5 -10 minutes.
• 12 be creative with garnishes.
• 13 cut into 6 wedges to serve.