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Roast pumpkin with whipped tahini

This roasted pumpkin with whipped tahini makes for a simple plant-based side dish or main to share with friends. The pumpkin traybake slow-roasts whole garlic cloves to make a caramelised garlic and tahini sauce to serve with grilled sourdough to scoop up the sweet pumpkin and nutty sesame sauce.

  • serves

    4

  • prep

    5 minutes

  • cook

    45 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

4

people

preparation

5

minutes

cooking

45

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • ½ butternut pumpkin
  • 1 brown onion, quartered
  • 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
  • ½ lemon, juiced, plus wedges to serve
  • 1 cup tahini
  • ½ tbsp olive oil
  • ½ cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped
  • ½ cup mint leaves, roughly chopped
  • ¼ cup toasted almonds, roughly chopped
  • ¼ tsp toasted sesame seeds
  • salt and black pepper
  • 1 lemon, cut into wedges, to serve
  • grilled sourdough, to serve

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 220˚C (fan-forced). Place the pumpkin, onion and garlic on a lined roasting tray and roast for 45 minutes.
  2. Remove from the oven, squeeze the garlic from its skin and combine with the onion, lemon juice and tahini in a tall container with ½ cup of water. Blend with a stick blender.
  3. Scoop the seeds out of the pumpkin and fill with the tahini mixture. Drizzle with olive oil and scatter with the herbs, nuts and seeds. Season well with salt and pepper and serve with lemon wedges and grilled sourdough.

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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Published 22 April 2024 9:00am
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