Roasted Pumpkin Macaroni
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 60 minutes
Serves: 4
Nutrition: Per serving
Energy
729 Kcal
Fat
27g
Saturates
2.9g
Sugars
13g
Salt
0.13g
This warming dish is the ultimate plant-based comfort food.
Ingredients
1 butternut squash (around 1 kg)
2 tbsp lemon juice
15g Nutritional yeast flakes
½ tsp powered garlic
1 tsp. mustard powder
1 tsp. grated nutmeg
300ml Oat Unsweetened drink
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus a little extra for oiling the squash
1 bunch of sage
100g hazelnuts, roughly chopped
400g macaroni
Ground black pepper
Method
Preheat the oven to 180C. Cut the squash in half length-ways and scoop out and discard the seeds. Score the flesh with a cross hatch pattern using a sharp knife, brush lightly with a little oil, season generously with salt and pepper. Place on a parchment lined baking tray flesh side down and cook in the oven for 50-60 mins or until completely soft all the way through, you can check this by piercing the flesh with a knife
Cook the pasta as per the packet instructions in seasoned water - Whilst the pasta is cooking, scoop the flesh from the butternut leaving the skin behind and place in a blender or processor along with the lemon juice, nutritional yeast, powdered garlic, mustard powder, 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil, Oat Unsweetened drink and nutmeg
Heat the sauce through on the hob, adjusting the seasoning to taste with pepper
Heat the remaining tbsp. of olive oil in a small pan over a medium heat and fry the sage leaves and hazelnuts until crispy
Mix the pasta into the sauce and spoon into bowls, top with the sage and hazelnuts to serve