Mini pumpkins with maple ginger apples
4 mini pumpkins, tops sliced off and seeds scooped out. Save the tops
4 apples
1 small onion, in thin verticle slices
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
Dash red pepper flakes
Salt
Preheat oven to 350
Bake pumpkins in a baking dish with an inch of water for about 30 minutes.
Core and chop the apple. In a small skillet, heat the oil and saute the onion, garlic and ginger until fragrant. Add salt, and the red pepper if using and saute a few minutes more. Add apples and maple syrup; cook for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and fill each pumpkin with 1/4 of the apple mixture. Return to oven, along with the tops for 20 minutes, until pumkins are cooked through and the apples are tender.