…help get your 5 a day at Christmas with sweet butternut squash
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 butternut squash, deseeded, cut in quarters lengthways
- 2tbsp rapeseed oil
- 2tbsp tomato puree
- 1tsp ground cumin
- 1/2tsp ground all spice
- 1/2tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2tsp ground ginger
- 1tbsp coriander leaves, to finish
- 4tbsp natural yoghurt, to finish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C, place the butternut squash quarters into a roasting tray skin side down, drizzle over the rapeseed oil and place into the oven for 35 minutes
- In a bowl mix together the tomato puree, ground coriander, ground cumin, ground all spice, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon and ground ginger plus a pinch of salt and a drizzle of oil
- Using a pastry brush, brush the spice rub over the butternut squash and return to the oven for 15 minutes, until soft
- Finish the spiced squash with fresh coriander leaves and a spoon of natural yoghurt