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Pumpkin Stew with Mashed Potatoes

Name: Pumpkin Stew with Mashed Potatoes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Potatoes 4; Whole milk ½ cup; Cream Cheese 2 oz; Unsalted butter 2 tbsp; Kosher Salt; Black pepper; Olive oil 2 tbsp; Beef stew meat 1 ½ lbs; Kosher Salt; Black pepper; Pumpkin 3 ½ cups; Yellow onions 1; Garlic 2 cloves; Tomato paste ¼ cup; Butter 1 tbsp; All-purpose flour ¼ cup; Beef broth 1 ½ cups; Whole milk ½ cup; Frozen peas 1 cup; Ketchup 2 tbsp

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Serves 6
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375 °F
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Ingredients

Adjust Servings:

	For potatoes:
	4 Potatoes large russet, peeled and chopped
	½ cup Whole milk
	2 oz Cream Cheese
	2 tbsp Unsalted butter
	Kosher Salt to taste
	Black pepper to taste
	For stew:
	2 tbsp Olive oil
	1 ½ lbs Beef stew meat
	Kosher Salt to taste
	Black pepper to taste
	3 ½ cups Pumpkin cubed baking, 1/2-inch pieces
	1 Yellow onions large, chopped
	2 cloves Garlic minced
	¼ cup Tomato paste
	1 tbsp Butter
	¼ cup All-purpose flour
	1 ½ cups Beef broth low-sodium
	½ cup Whole milk
	1 cup Frozen peas plus extra for garnish
	For garnish:
	2 tbsp Ketchup

Nutritional information

428

calories

16g

fat

47g

carbohydrates

27g

protein

77mg

cholesterol

296mg

sodium

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Pumpkin Stew with Mashed Potatoes

Need a hearty and delicious dish to feed your family this Halloween? I’ve got you covered with this Pumpkin Stew with mashed Potatoes. My kids love celebrating Halloween and spooky food is an important part of this celebration. This special pumpkin stew is the meal my kids look forward to each fall.

Just a few ingredients combine to create a dish of pure comfort: meat, vegetables, aromatics and a quick béchamel sauce. The base for this recipe is beef stew meat. To start the cooking process, brown the meat in a pot with olive oil. Once the meat is in the oven, it simmers down to tender perfection. As for the veggies, I opt for pumpkin to add seasonal flavor to the dish. I also add frozen peas for a pop of color. To build flavor, this recipe relies on onions, garlic and tomato paste. For the béchamel sauce, you will need butter, flour, beef broth and milk. The béchamel binds all the ingredients together and makes the dish creamy and rich. Topping the stew with mashed potato ghosts takes this classic comfort dish to a whole new level of creepy. It’s an easy way to entice picky eaters to eat something other than Halloween sweets.

To make the Pumpkin Stew with mashed Potatoes, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for Pumpkin Stew with Mashed Potatoes

Steps to make Pumpkin Stew with Mashed Potatoes

1

Boil potatoes

15min

In a large pot, put 4 peeled and chopped potatoes and cover them with water. Bring to a boil and cook until fork-tender.
2

Prepare mashed potatoes

5min

Drain the potatoes and mash them. Add ½ cup whole milk, 2 ounces cream cheese, 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, and kosher salt and black pepper to taste and mix until smooth.
3

Preheat oven

5min

Preheat the oven to 375 °F.
4

Heat oil and brown meat

5min

In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and add the beef. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Brown the meat on all sides.
5

Add pumpkin, onions and garlic

10min

Add in 3 ½ cups cubed pumpkin, 1 chopped onion, and 2 minced garlic cloves and cook until softened, about 10 minutes.
6

Add tomato paste

2min

Add ¼ cup tomato paste and mix to combine. Cook for another 1-2 minutes.
7

Transfer beef mixture to bowl

2min

Transfer the beef mixture to a large bowl. Set aside.
8

Prepare bechamel sauce: Make roux

1min

Return the pot to the stove. Reduce the heat to medium-low and add 1 tablespoon butter. Once the butter has melted, add ¼ cup all-purpose flour and cook, whisking constantly, about 1 minute.
9

Add beef broth and milk

5min

Add in 1 ½ cups low-sodium beef broth and ½ cup whole milk and whisk until thickened, about 5 minutes.
10

Combine

2min

Add the beef mixture back into the pot. Add 1 cup frozen peas and stir to combine.
11

Transfer to oven-proof dish

2min

Spoon the mixture into a large oven-proof cast-iron skillet or baking dish.
12

Bake

30min

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the pumpkin is tender and the sauce is bubbling. Carefully remove the dish from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
13

Garnish

5min

Spoon the mashed potatoes into a pastry bag or plastic bag with the end snipped off. Pipe the mashed potatoes in the shape of a ghost on top of the stew. Garnish with the peas to make eyes and add ketchup for some blood.
14

Serve

Serve and enjoy!

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About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.