# Carbonada

This is a traditional Argentinian stew, served inside a pumpkin.

- Total time: 120 min
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 zapallo or calabaza
- 1 kg roast beef
- 2 carrots
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 1 medium potato
- 2 onions
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 corn
- dried apricots (orejones)
- milk
- olive oil
- red wine
- 3 tomatoes
- paprika
- pepper
- salt
- cumin
- spicy pepper
- broth
- garlic
- green onion
- olive oil
- spicy pepper

## Instructions

1. Cut the top of the pumpkin.
2. Hollow it out.
3. Add oil, paprika, pepper, salt, cumin, and milk inside.
4. Cover the pumpkin and bake for an hour.
5. In a pot, add oil and seal the roast beef cut into squares.
6. Remove the sealed roast beef.
7. In the same pot, add onion and garlic and cook until soft over low heat.
8. Pour in a splash of wine.
9. Once the alcohol has evaporated, add the meat back in.
10. Add grated tomatoes, diced carrots, potatoes and sweet potatoes.
11. Cover with broth.
12. Add sliced corn on the cob.
13. Season with salt, cumin, paprika, and spicy pepper.
14. Cut the dried apricots (orejones).
15. Cook in a pressure pot for an hour or in a regular pot for an hour and a half over low heat.
16. For the sauce, add garlic, oil, scallions, paprika, and spicy pepper to a pot.
17. Remove the pumpkin from the oven and scrape it to make a purée.
18. Pour the stew inside.
19. Add the sauce and cilantro.

## Equipment

- oven
- pot
- pressure pot

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ7iVR9RL27/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1176c563-5b68-469d-a449-668f20addc0e
- Extracted: 2025-05-26

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