ROASTED PUMPKIN WITH BEANS

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C I used 4 golden nugget pumpkins ( small orange pumpkins ) Remove the top 1 cm off the pumpkins and remove the seeds . Replace the lids ,place the pumpkins on a lined baking tray and bake for 30 minutes . Place 1 tbs of minced garlic in a saucepan along with 1 tbs of oil , the contents of 1X409gm tin of diced tomatoes , a handful of torn basil leaves . Stir and cook for 5 minutes , then stir in 1 x 400gm can (drained )of cannellini beans . Remove the pumpkins from the oven and spoon out the flesh leaving a 1 cm shell . Add the chopped pumpkin flesh to the bean and tomato mixture . Season with cracked black pepper . Place the pumpkin shells back on the baking tray and spoon in the bean filling top with extra basil and the pumpkin lids. Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven or until heated through . Serve hot .