BAKED PUMPKIN WITH SAUSAGE MEATBALLS.

Ingredients......1 whole pumpkin, 500gm of sausage mince, 3 sprigs of rosemary, finely chopped, 1/4 bunch of mint, finely chopped, 8 cherry tomatoes, 1 x 400gm can of diced tomatoes, pincxh of chilli flakes, 2 tbs of minced garlic, 1 onion finely chopped. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Take the whole pumpkin and slice off the top quarter of the pumpkin. Retaining the sliced pumpkin 'top'. Scoop out the seeds and enough of the flesh to make a hollow the size of a medium bowl. Place the hollowed out pumpkin on the lined baking tray. In a medium bowl combine the sausage mince with the chopped rosemary and mint. Using your hands, roll the mixed sausage mince into golf sized balls. Place the balls of mince inside the pumpkin. Place the diced tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, chilli flakes, minced garlic and chopped onion in a bowl and mix well to combine. Pour this mixture over the sausage balls and place the pumpkin lid on top. Now place in the preheated oven and cook for 1 hour or until the pumpkin is cooked through. To serve.... remove the lid and slice into wedges with the skin on and serve with steamed potatoes and fresh spinach leaves.