Roast Pumpkin with Cheese "Fondue"

Ingredients for Roast Pumpkin with Cheese "Fondue"

• 1 (15-inch) piece of baguette, cut into 1/2-inch slices (200g total)

• 1 (7-pound) orange pumpkin

• 350ml double cream

• 240ml reduced-sodium chicken or vegetable broth

• 1/2 teaspoons grated nutmeg

• 375g coarsely grated Gruyère (170g)

• 375g coarsely grated Emmental (170g)

• 1 cucchiaio di olio d'oliva

Preheat oven to 232°C with rack in lower third.

Toast baguette slices in 1 layer on a baking sheet in oven until tops are crisp (bread will still be pale), about 7 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.

Remove top of pumpkin by cutting a circle (3 inches in diameter) around stem with a small sharp knife. Scrape out seeds and any loose fibers from inside pumpkin with a spoon (including top of pumpkin; reserve seeds for another use if desired). Season inside of pumpkin with 1/2 teaspoons salt.

Whisk together cream, broth, nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoons pepper in a bowl. Mix together cheeses in another bowl.

Put a layer of toasted bread in bottom of pumpkin, then cover with about 240ml cheese and about 120ml cream mixture. Continue layering bread, cheese, and cream mixture until pumpkin is filled to about 1/2 inch from top, using all of cream mixture. (You may have some bread and cheese left over.)

Cover pumpkin with top and put in an oiled small roasting pan. Brush outside of pumpkin all over with olive oil. Bake until pumpkin is tender and filling is puffed, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.

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