Izzy's squashed aubergine
Serves 3
Easy
Total time:
A great side to have with summer salads and a babecue, or enjoy inside home-made wholemeal/buckwheat pancakes
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FOR THE BUTTERNUT SQUASH
- 1 large butternut squash, cut to medium cubes
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp/ 1 tsp dried oregano
- Black pepper
- PREPARING THE ROASTING TRAY
- 2 cloves garlic,finely sliced (could try smoked garlic also)
- 1 red onion, roughly chopped
- 3-4 spring onions, thinly sliced
- olive oil
- Black Pepper
- Dred oregano
- EXTRA
- 1 or Half a Lagre Aubergine
- Sultanas, 3- 4 tbsp
- I haven't added salt, but if you want to,add where you think it's missing
Method
step 1
Bring a pan of water to the boil,meanwhile, roughly chop squash into medium sized cubes.step 2
Transfer squash to pan, along with the; nutmeg, cinamon, oregano and black pepper.step 3
Boil until very softstep 4
Preheat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/Gas 6step 5
While the squash is boiling, in a decent sized roasting dish, heat 4-5 tbsp virgin olive oil, once 'runny' add;step 6
Roughly chopped red onion,garlic,spring onions, black pepper and oregano.step 7
Toss everything up with each otherstep 8
Transfer to oven and cook for 5 mins until onion is softenedstep 9
While the onions are softening, very thinly slice the aubergine,set to one side.step 10
Remove squash from heat and drain.step 11
Add aubergines to onions and cook for 8 mins.step 12
Then add all of well drained cubed sqush to tray, mix up together,season again with black pepper(salt if you wish) and continue to roast the whole mix together for a further 20 mins.step 13
Remove from oven and allow to cool (5-10 mins)step 14
Add sultanas to mix, toss all together, transfer to serving dish.step 15
Serve.step 16
Try adding a little soy sauce when eating, or having some mango chutney or tzatziki alongside.