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Method
  1. Preheat oven to 220 degrees Celsius.
  2. Line an oven tray with baking paper, toss pumpkin with oil on tray.
  3. Roast pumpkin for 15 minutes until soft.
  4. Bring stock to a boil in a medium pot, remove from heat, cover to keep warm.
  5. Heat a drizzle of oil in a pot, cook onion for 4 minutes until soft.
  6. Add rice, stir for 1 minute.
  7. Add 1 cup stock, stir regularly, add the next cup when the first cup has been absorbed by the rice.
  8. Repeat until all stock has been added and rice is tender, this takes about 20 minutes.
  9. Fold through sour cream until combined.
  10. Fold through cooked pumpkin.
  11. Serve with a sprinkle of cheese.
Notes

You can add extra vegetables to this dish, such as peas, spinach, mushrooms or capsicum. Add at the same time as the pumpkin.

 

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