The way to make roasted pumpkin a lot extra fabulous with little or no effort? A touch of maple syrup for additional caramelisation. Kick of contemporary chilli. Plus a sprinkle of feta and bathe of walnuts! Function a aspect, a meal, pile on toast or crostini. It’s scrumptious any which approach!
Maple roasted pumpkin with feta and chilli
One thing magical occurs to pumpkin once you roast it. It intensifies the sweetness and caramelises fantastically.
I’d fortunately eat it plain. However right here, we step it up a notch with a couple of easy additions that work so nicely with pumpkin. A touch of maple syrup for additional caramelisation. Plus a success of contemporary chilli, gentle nutty crunchy of walnuts and creamy pops of salty feta…..you understand that is going to be good!
That’s dinner, proper there. Or a mighty scrumptious aspect.
Ingredient you want
Right here’s what you might want to make this.
The roasting stuff
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Pumpkin – Any consuming pumpkin. I usually use Kent or Jap that are frequent varieties right here in Australia. Don’t use pumpkin meant for Halloween carving, it’s not very nice to eat.
Alternate options – Butternut pumpkin (referred to as butternut squash within the States) or candy potato!
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Maple syrup – or honey.
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Dried chilli flakes – additionally referred to as pink pepper flakes. I take advantage of the common kind you get from strange grocery shops however you could possibly completely use Asian or different forms of chilli flakes. Simply be conscious of spiciness!
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Purple onion – substitute common onion, eschalots (US: shallots) or the white a part of inexperienced onions (I usually have bunches within the fridge with the inexperienced components unceremoniously hacked off for garnish functions so am all the time on the lookout for makes use of of the white half).
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Walnuts – Or different nuts of alternative. Almonds and pecans come to thoughts first. Pinenuts, pepitas and different small nuts/seeds would additionally work however I’d toss them in partway by means of cooking so that they don’t burn into tiny little black (bitter) pellets.
Finishes
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Chilli – That is non-obligatory as a result of it’s extra for visible than spiciness, as a result of we get sufficient spiciness from the dried chilli flakes. Massive chillis, just like the cayenne pepper pictured, aren’t very spicy. Good life rule to recollect: the bigger the chilli, the much less spicy it’s!
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Danish feta – That is the feta kind that is a little more creamy than Greek feta. Greek feta additionally works, although I do like the best way Danish feta form of smears because it semi-melts on contact with the new pumpkin.
In case you are making to actually impress, go premium through the use of goats cheese!
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Parsley – For fairly inexperienced end.
The way to make Maple Roasted Pumpkin with Chilli and Feta
It is a recipe that’s extra concerning the finishes. The pumpkin is roasted with onion and walnuts, all tossed with maple syrup. Then as soon as cooked, sprinkle with feta, pink chilli and parsley. Then get caught in!
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Minimize the pumpkin in 2.5cm / 1″ cubes. To do that I reduce into 2.5cm / 1″ slices first. Utilizing a rocking movement as you slice down helps make this simple.
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Minimize the pores and skin off.
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Then reduce into cubes.
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Pile onto a big paper lined tray with the onion slices and walnuts. Toss with olive oil, maple syrup, salt and chilli flakes then unfold it out. The extra space between the pumpkin, the higher. If the pumpkin is simply too cluttered, it is going to stew and go mushy as an alternative of caramelising.
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Roast for half-hour, tossing as soon as on the 20 minute mark, till the pumpkin is mild golden and cooked by means of. You gained’t get intense golden color on the floor, not like plain roast pumpkin cubes (corresponding to in this recipe), as a result of the maple syrup will burn on the sides of the cubes earlier than the floor goes utterly golden.
Additionally, the onion will get fairly darkish brown. In the event you discover on the tossing level that it’s getting a bit too brown, simply push/pile all of them collectively or bury below pumpkin. It will shield them!
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Ending – Give the pumpkin a gently toss to coat it in all of the tasty tray juices. Then switch to a serving platter – single layer is sweet for even sprinkling protection and neat presentation. Sprinkle with contemporary chilli, feta and parsley, then serve!
Or – jumble and pile
I do know I mentioned a single layer presentation seems good and neat. However truly, for max flavour-melding-more-rustic presentation (aka Nagi type), do a lot of the sprinkling on the tray, reserving some for garnish. Then switch right into a serving bowl. Flavour jumbling will happen throughout switch and piling.
End with reserved feta and so forth to fairly it up.
Whichever approach you go, single layer neatness or jumbled piled up rustic-ness, it nonetheless charges the identical on the deliciousness scale. Which is, in case you hadn’t guessed, very, very excessive.
Inform me when you serve this as a aspect or inhale it as a meal! – Nagi x
PS In case you didn’t know I’ve an entire class of pumpkin aspect dishes as a part of the vegetable and salad aspect dishes nook of this web site! Principally comparatively low effort, like this one, with a scattering of show-offs for particular events.
PPS This isn’t the primary time I’ve mixed pumpkin. See additionally right here and right here.
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Maple Roasted Pumpkin with Chili and Feta
Prep: 10 minutes
Prepare dinner: 30 minutes
Complete: 35 minutes
Roasted, Greens
Servings3 – 6
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Directions
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Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F (180°C fan-forced).
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Toss – Place the pumpkin, onion and walnuts on a big, paper lined tray. Drizzle with olive oil and maple syrup, then toss to coat (arms actually is finest). Sprinkle with chilli and salt, toss once more, then unfold out on a tray. Do not crowd them else they’ll stew as an alternative of roast!
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Roast for half-hour, or till the pumpkin is evenly browned and cooked by means of, tossing as soon as on the 20 minute mark.
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Finishes – Take away from the oven. Gently toss once more, then switch to a serving platter in a single layer. Crumble over feta, sprinkle with parsley and chilli. Or do the sprinkling on the tray then pile right into a bowl. Serve instantly!
Recipe Notes:
2. Nuts- Be happy to make use of different nuts. Massive ones related measurement to walnuts will take the identical time. If utilizing pine nuts, sunflower seeds or pepitas (or different small nuts), add them midway by means of the roasting time.
3. Brown sugar sub – Combine with olive oil then toss to coat.
4. Chilli flakes – 1 1/2 tsp has a good heat, unmissable hum however not tremendous spicy. 1 tsp is extra refined. Be happy to skip it!
5. Leftovers will preserve for 3 days.
Vitamin assuming 6 servings.
Vitamin Info:
Serving: 214gEnergy: 165cal (8%)
Recipe replace: That is an outdated recipe from 2015 that was in determined want of spruced up images, a recipe video tutorial and most significantly, recipe enhancements! The identical recipe, simply tweaked to repair. 🙂
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