Name: Miracle squash
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 3 h
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Franche-Comté
Ingredients: 1 pumpkin (whole); 1 Morteau sausage; 8 slices ofbread; 10 button mushrooms; 3 pods ofgarlic; 100 g ofgrated cheese (Comté-style); 20 cl ofwhite wine; 20 cl ofcrème fraîche; salt and pepper

Miracle squash

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Updated on 15 December 2025 by

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Cuisine

Franche-Comté

Level

Easy

Preparation

1 hour

Cooking

3 hours

The "miraculous squash" is a traditional dish from the Franche-Comté region. This dish serves as a sort of ambassador for all the region’s local products, since the squash is stuffed with a filling rich in cheese, cured meats, and white wine!

After being hollowed out and stuffed, it is closed up as if nothing had happened, and baked in the oven.

When the "lid" is opened, a mixture of squash flesh and stuffing is served to delighted guests. In fact, the squash itself is so infused with all these flavors that even after the stuffing is gone, you can still enjoy its flesh 😋

Enjoy, and thank you in advance for your comments 🙏

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1 pumpkin whole
1 Morteau sausage
8 slices of bread
10 button mushrooms
3 pods of garlic
100 g of grated cheese Comté-style
20 cl of white wine
20 cl of crème fraîche
salt and pepper

1
Cut a lid about 6 to 8 inches in diameter from the top of the pumpkin.
Remove all the seeds.
2
Cook the Morteau sausage in water for 30 minutes.
3
Meanwhile, slice the mushrooms and sauté them in a pan.
You can add a little garlic if you like.
4
Toast the slices of bread, then rub them with garlic before arranging them in the bottom of the pumpkin.
5
Arrange slices of Morteau sausage and mushrooms on top, then cover with grated cheese.
6
Drizzle with white wine and cream, season with salt and pepper, and repeat with a second layer.
7
Cover the pumpkin with its lid and bake in the oven (160°C) for 3 hours.