Pumpkin stuffed with wild rice, fennel, apple and pecans
Roasted pumpkin with wild rice, fennel and apple stuffing and lemon tahini sauce.
Active time30 min
Cooking1 h
Total1 h 30 min
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Ingredients
- 1 fennel bulb
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp fennel seeds
- 40 g pomegranate seeds
- 30 g fresh parsley
- ½ tsp chilli flakes
- 1 cooking apple
- 1 edible pumpkin
- 30 ml water
- 60 ml olive oil
- 30 g pecans
- 100 g uncooked wild rice
- 2 g fine salt
- 45 g tahini
Preparation
Choose a pumpkin weighing about 1 kg. Heat oven to 200 °C. Wash pumpkin, cut off a lid and scoop out seeds. Brush inside and out with 30 ml oil and salt. Place on a tray with the lid alongside and roast for about 45 minutes until tender. Meanwhile, cook wild rice according to the pack and drain.
1 edible pumpkin60 ml olive oil100 g uncooked wild rice2 g fine salt- oven
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- pastry brush
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- colander
Wash and slice fennel and cored apple. Peel garlic. Wash lemon, grate its zest and squeeze its juice into a bowl. Chop pecans and washed parsley. Heat the remaining 30 ml oil in a pan. Add fennel seeds, chilli, 1 chopped garlic clove and fennel. Cook for 5 minutes. Stir in apple, nuts, zest, parsley and cooked rice.
1 fennel bulb1 unwaxed lemon2 garlic cloves1 tbsp fennel seeds30 g fresh parsley½ tsp chilli flakes1 cooking apple30 g pecans- knife
- chopping board
- grater
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Fill pumpkin and return to the oven for 15 minutes until piping hot. Meanwhile, mix tahini with lemon juice and water. Crush the remaining garlic (1 clove) and stir it in. Spoon over the pumpkin and scatter with pomegranate seeds.
40 g pomegranate seeds30 ml water45 g tahini- oven
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Allergens
- Tree nuts
- Sesame
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Gluten, Lupin, Milk, Molluscs, Mustard, Peanuts, Soy, Sulphites.
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