Smoked Duck Szechuan Pepper Stuffed Pumpkin + Rendered Duck Fat
- 1-2 small or medium pumpkins (or your favourite round gourd)
- 150 grams chopped oyster mushroom
- 100 grams smoked duck cut into bite size pieces (remove fat if rendering)
- 1 diced bell pepper (any colour)
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
- 1/4 cup milk (any kind)
- 45 grams cashew pieces
- 165 grams uncooked rice
- 5-6 chopped garlic cloves
- 1-3 chopped chilies (depending on your spice tolerance)
- 1 teaspoon capers
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Szechuan peppers
- Rinse rice two or three times by splashing around in water and draining. Finally, add two cups of water and place over high heat in a pot or rice cooker. Once it starts to boil over, turn heat very low for 20-30 minutes. My little test to check if the rice is done without stirring is to tip the pot slightly. If the rice slides or moves in any way, it needs to cook longer. If the rice doesn't move, it's done.
- While rice is cooking, fill a large pot with enough water to submerge your pumpkin(s) and bring to a boil. Cut the top off the gourd(s) and remove the seeds and gunk.
- Once water is boiling, carefully lower into the water, including the top. Allow it to boil for 15 minutes. It should be soft, but firm enough to hold its shape. Drain water and carefully scoop out the gourd. Place in the refrigerator to cool.
- Heat a dash of cooking oil in a frying pan and brown the garlic and chilies. Add the mushrooms and fry until the mushrooms have released their water and have reached a modest golden colour.
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0F/180u0b0C/ gas mark 4.
- In a large bowl, mix all ingredients except pumpkin, butter and milk. Mix.rnPour excess water that might have pooled in the pumpkin and begin stuffing with the mixture. Once filled, pour in the milk to fight possible drying out. Top with butter and replace the pumpkin top.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes. While it is baking, clean your messy kitchen and think about how hard you will eat your stuffed pumpkin.
- Because you boiled the pumpkin, you can eat all of it, including the skin. Do this very thing.
- Enjoy your mouth-gasms.
pumpkins, oyster mushroom, bell pepper, cottage cheese, milk, cashew, rice, garlic, chilies, capers, butter, salt, szechuan peppers
Taken from food52.com/recipes/32761-smoked-duck-szechuan-pepper-stuffed-pumpkin-rendered-duck-fat (may not work)