Rice Kasha Baked in a Pumpkin
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 1 pumpkin
- 1 stakan rice
- 1 stakan sour cream (smetana)
- 1/4 funt butter
- cinnamon
- 1/4 stakan sugar
- 1 stakan raisins (kishmish) with currants
- 6 штук egg whites
Instructions
- Hollow a pumpkin to finger-thick walls, reserving the flesh.
- Mix parboiled rice with half the flesh, sour cream, butter, cinnamon, sugar, raisins/currants, and beaten whites.
- Fill the pumpkin, cap with its lid, bake, and serve on a dish.