Baked pumpkin filled with shrimp in a béchamel sauce
Ingredients
- 1 pumpkin
- 1 ½ onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 6 tbsp vegetable oil
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, to taste
- 800-900 g prawns
- 1 lime
- 3-4 tomatoes small
- 2 tbsp flour
- 240 ml milk
- 120 ml whipping cream
- parsley, to taste
- 300-350 g cream cheese
- 50 g parmesan
Utensils
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Blender
- Frying pan
- Spoon
- Lemon squeezer
Instructions
- Carefully cut off the top of the squash with the knife.
- Remove the seeds and the pulp surrounding the squash from the squash.
- Half the onion, two cloves of garlic, two tablespoons of oil, salt and pepper in Using a blender, grind to a paste.
- Grease the inside of the squash with this paste.
- Rub the outside with a tablespoon of oil.
- Put the cut top back on the squash.
- Then bake in a preheated oven at 190°C for approx Bake for 45-50 minutes.
- Squash should soften at this point.
- Remove squash from oven and allow to cool slightly.
- Dab inside with paper towel to remove excess moisture.
- Drizzle lime juice over shrimp and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
- Fry the shrimp for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Heat the remaining oil in another pan.
- The onion 4- 5 mins sauté in it.
- Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
- Add the chopped tomatoes to the same pan.
- Continue to cook, stirring, for 6-8 minutes.
- Add the flour and stir well.
- The Add the milk and simmer on the stove for a further 5 minutes while stirring.
- Also add the cream and chopped parsley.
- Finally add the prawns with the juice from the frying.
- Stir and remove from the stove.
- The Spread the inside of the squash with cream cheese.
- Stuff with the shrimp mixture.
- Sprinkle grated Parmesan on top.
- Bake the stuffed squash in the oven for 15-20 minutes and serve immediately.