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ButternutAubergine

Roasted Butternut with Burnt Aubergine Dressing

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large butternut or pumpkin peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded
  • and cut into 6-8 wedges
  • 2-3 tbsp olive oil
  • salt black pepper
  • 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
  • 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds
  • For the dressing
  • 1 large aubergine
  • 150 ml full cream yoghurt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp pomegranate molasses
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 garlic clove crushed

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oven to 200 C
  • Arrange the butternut wedges in a single layer in a roasting tin
  • Brush generously with oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and roast until tender and patched with brown, about 40 minutes
  • Let cool slightly before serving
  • Make the dressing while the squash is roasting
  • Pierce the aubergine in a few places with the point of a knife
  • Roast, turning occasionally with tongs, directly over a flame on a gas hob or a ridge grill pan or hot coals in a barbecue or under an overhead grill until the skin is thoroughly (and we mean thoroughly) black and blistered the flesh feels soft
  • It will take about 15 minutes on the hob or barbecue but longer under a grill
  • Set aside and when cool enough to handle, cut open and scoop out the soft flesh, trying to leave as much
  • of the charred skin behind as possible
  • Put the flesh into a colander and leave for 10 minutes to drain out as much moisture as possible, then roughly chop
  • Put into a bowl, add the yoghurt, oil, molasses, lemon, parsley and garlic, mix to combine and add salt and pepper to taste
  • Toast the seeds in a pan until nutty and lightly browned
  • Arrange the roasted squash wedges on a platter, scatter the toasted seeds and drizzle with a little extra olive oil, and serve with the smoky aubergine dressing