Honey & Szechuan Pumpkin Salad
- Preparation time:
- 20 mins
- Cooking time:
- 50 mins
- Serves:
- 8
A new twist on an old festive favourite, spice up your pumpkin dish this Chrissy!
1.5kg piece jap pumpkin
1 tblsp honey
2 tsps soy sauce
½ cup olive oil
2 tsps Szechuan peppercorns, crushed
Sea salt, to taste
2 medium red chillies, diagonally sliced
4 spring onions, diagonally sliced
½ cup crumbled Greek feta cheese
¼ cup pepitas, lightly toasted
Ingredients
Cooking oil spray1.5kg piece jap pumpkin
1 tblsp honey
2 tsps soy sauce
½ cup olive oil
2 tsps Szechuan peppercorns, crushed
Sea salt, to taste
2 medium red chillies, diagonally sliced
4 spring onions, diagonally sliced
½ cup crumbled Greek feta cheese
¼ cup pepitas, lightly toasted
Method
1 Lightly spray two large, non-stick roasting pans with cooking oil.
2 Wash pumpkin skin and pat dry. Remove seeds and membrane. Cut flesh into 12 wedges. Divide pumpkin between roasting pans. Combine honey, soy and half the oil in a small jug. Pour over both batches of pumpkin. Sprinkle over peppercorns. Season to taste with sea salt. Turn to coat.
3 Cook both pans in a moderate oven (180C) for 30 minutes, swapping oven racks halfway through. Carefully turn pumpkin over. Cook for further 20 minutes, or until golden and tender.
4 Meanwhile, heat remaining olive oil in a small saucepan over a medium heat. Add chillies and onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 3 minutes, or until the onions are lightly golden. Drain on absorbent kitchen paper. Cool.
5 Arrange the warm pumpkin slices on a large serving platter. Sprinkle with Greek feta, chilli mixture and pepitas.Notes
Butternut pumpkin can also be used in this recipe. Leftover pumpkin is delicious tossed through any salad.
- Source:
- New Idea
- Author:
- Stylist:
- Carolyn Fienberg
- Photographer:
- Oliver Ford & Andre Martin
