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Ingredients
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1 (3-pound) Long Island cheese pumpkin, scrubbed
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1 cup uncooked jasmine rice
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1 (15-ounce) can coconut milk
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1/4 cup water
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1 (3- to 4-ounce) can red curry paste
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2 cups green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces
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1 tablespoon fish sauce, or more to taste
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Kosher salt, to taste
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Fresh cilantro leaves, fresh mint leaves, and fried shallots, for serving
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Using a small sharp knife, cut a 4-inch circle around the pumpkin’s stem. Cut off any stringy membrane attached to top; set aside. Use a large spoon to scrape and remove seeds and stringy membrane from inside pumpkin.
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Set pumpkin on a parchment paper– or aluminum foil–lined rimmed baking sheet. Add rice, coconut milk, 1/4 cup water, and curry paste to pumpkin; stir to dissolve curry paste. Place top on pumpkin.
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Bake pumpkin in preheated oven until filling is bubbling, about 1 hour. Carefully remove top, and stir in green beans, fish sauce, and salt to taste. Replace top, and bake at 350°F until pumpkin flesh and green beans are fork-tender and rice has a risotto-like texture, 30 to 45 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes; taste and adjust seasoning with salt or fish sauce. Scoop rice and tender pumpkin into bowls, and top with cilantro, mint, and fried shallots.
Make Ahead
Pumpkin can be cut and emptied 1 day ahead and stored in refrigerator.
Suggested Pairing
American oak–aged Chardonnay.