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Roast squash with blue cheese and pickled walnuts

Name: Roast squash with blue cheese and pickled walnuts
Yield: Serves 6 as a side dish
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 large (about 1.2kg) butternut squash; 100g vegetarian stilton (or for a non-veggie option, you could use gorgonzola dolce or roquefort); Handful fresh flatleaf parsley, chopped; 4-5 pickled walnuts (from delis or the condiments section of supermarkets), chopped; Squeeze lemon juice

Published: 11 Jan 16
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Roast squash with tangy blue cheese and crunchy walnuts is the perfect side recipe for a cold day.

Easy
November 2015

Test kitchen approved

Serves 6 as a side dish
Hands-on time 20 min, oven time 1 hour

Roast squash with tangy blue cheese and crunchy walnuts is the perfect side recipe for a cold day.

Vegetarian recipes

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 227kcals
Fat: 14g (4.5g saturated)
Protein: 6.8g
Carbohydrates: 16.2g (8.9g sugars)
Fibre: 4.9g
Salt: 0.7g

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Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
1 large (about 1.2kg) butternut squash
100g vegetarian stilton (or for a non-veggie option, you could use gorgonzola dolce or roquefort)
Handful fresh flatleaf parsley, chopped
4-5 pickled walnuts (from delis or the condiments section of supermarkets), chopped
Squeeze lemon juice

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Method

Heat the oven to 200°/180°C fan/ gas 6. Put the oil in a large, shallow baking tray or casserole and put in the oven to heat up. Deseed and chop the squash into 1.5cm pieces (see tip). When the oil is very hot, add the squash, season and roast for around 1 hour, turning once or twice, until the squash pieces are deep golden and slightly charred.
Crumble over the stilton, then return to the oven for 5 minutes to melt the cheese. Sprinkle over the parsley, chopped walnuts and some salt, then squeeze over a drizzle of lemon juice and serve hot or warm.

Recipe from November 2015 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 227kcals
Fat: 14g (4.5g saturated)
Protein: 6.8g
Carbohydrates: 16.2g (8.9g sugars)
Fibre: 4.9g
Salt: 0.7g

delicious. tips

You don’t need to peel the butternut squash. After roasting, the skin softens and turns beautifully chewy.
Roast the squash up to 6 hours in advance. Reheat in a 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6 oven for 15 minutes, turning twice, then add the blue cheese and pickled walnuts from step 2.