Roast pumpkin with green charmoula and tahini

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Hands-on time 15 min, oven time 35 - 40 min
  • Difficulty: easy

An impressive vegetarian traybake featuring roasted pumpkin, vibrant green charmoula and a creamy tahini dressing. It’s incredibly simple to make but looks stunning on the dinner table.

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Ingredients

  • 1 medium (or 2 smaller) pumpkins/squash (about 500g), cut into chunky wedges (leave the seeds in)
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp hot smoked paprika
  • ½ tsp chilli flakes
  • ½ garlic bulb, cloves left whole
  • 2 red onions, cut into wedges
  • Olive oil to drizzle
  • 150g goat’s curd or soft goat’s cheese
  • Handful pomegranate seeds
  • 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • Pinch sumac (from the spice section of large supermarkets)

For the green charmoula

  • Large handful fresh coriander, plus extra to garnish, roughly chopped
  • ½ small bunch fresh parsley, roughly chopped
  • ½ small bunch fresh mint, roughly chopped
  • 2 tsp grated fresh ginger
  • 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 green jalapeño (or similar) chilli, seeds removed and roughly chopped

 For the tahini dressing 

  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp tahini
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp natural yogurt
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas 7. Toss the pumpkin wedges with the spices, garlic and red onions, then drizzle with oil. Roast for 35-40 minutes until tender and slightly charred.
  2. To make the charmoula, whizz all the ingredients together in a mini chopper (or use a stick blender in a jug). Taste and adjust the seasoning.
  3. Mix all the ingredients for the tahini dressing together in a small bowl and season to taste.
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  5. Serve the roasted wedges on a platter dotted with the goat’s curd/cheese, the pomegranate seeds, a drizzle of the charmoula, the tahini dressing and pomegranate molasses, sprinkled with a pinch of sumac.

Nutrition

  • 437kcals Calories
  • 30.3g (9.9g saturated) Fat
  • 14.1g Protein
  • 22.2g (17.3g sugars) Carbs
  • 9.8g Fibre
  • 0.7g Salt
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