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Ingredients

Method

  • STEP 1

    Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4. Chop up the pumpkin or squash into 1.5cm cubes (kids- ask for help if it’s slippery). Put it on a baking tray, drizzle over some oil, then roast for 30 mins.

  • STEP 2

    While the pumpkin is roasting, you can make the risotto. Put the garlic in a sandwich bag, then bash lightly with a rolling pin until it’s crushed.

  • STEP 3

    Cut up the spring onions with your scissors.

  • STEP 4

    Heat 1 tbsp oil with the butter in your pan over a medium heat – not too hot. Add the spring onions and garlic. Once the onions are soft but not getting brown, add the rice and cumin. Stir well to coat in the buttery mix for about 1 min.

  • STEP 5

    Now add half a cup of the stock, and stir every now and then until it has all disappeared into the rice. Carry on adding and stirring in a large splash of stock at a time, until you have used up all the stock – this will take about 20 mins.

  • STEP 6

    Check the rice is cooked. If it isn’t, add a splash more stock, and carry on cooking for a bit. Once the rice is soft enough to eat, gently stir in the grated cheese, chopped coriander and roasted pumpkin.

RECIPE TIPS
EQUIPMENT YOU NEED

❏ Sharp knife and chopping board

(for older children or your adult helper)

❏ Baking tray

❏ Sandwich bag and rolling pin

❏ Scissors

❏ Deep frying pan

❏ Kettle for the stock

❏ Measuring jug

❏ Wooden spoon, teaspoon, tablespoon

❏ Grater

❏ Weighing scales

BEFORE YOU START

Wash your hands,

tie back long

hair and put

on an apron.

FOR PARENTS

You can adapt this recipe to suit the age

of your children. If they are young, you

will need to chop up the pumpkin for

them. If they’re a little older, make sure

you always supervise them while they

are using a sharp knife, especially if

cutting something tricky like pumpkin

or butternut squash.

Goes well with

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