Roast pumpkin with cream, thyme & Parmesan
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Roast pumpkin with cream, thyme & Parmesan

By Good Food

This impressive-looking dish makes a wonderful starter for a dinner party

  • Prep:10 mins
    Cook:1 hrs 45 mins
  • Serves 6
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 342
  • fat 32g
  • saturates 18g
  • carbs 6g
  • sugars 5g
  • fibre 2g
  • protein 8g
  • salt 0.33g

Ingredients

  • 1½ kg pumpkins
  • 300ml pot double cream
  • 150ml milk
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 2 tsp thyme leaves
  • 85g grated parmesan (or vegetarian alternative)

Tip

Using squash
As a smart prepare-ahead starter or side, make this roast pumpkin dish using much smaller squash and serve each guest their own one, as in the photograph above.

Method

  1. Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Cut lid off pumpkin and scoop out seeds and strands. Put the pumpkin on a baking tray. Meanwhile, heat the cream, milk, garlic and most of the thyme, with plenty of seasoning. When hot, pour into the pumpkin and stir in 50g of the Parmesan. Put on the lid.

  2. Bake for 1½ hrs, take from the oven, then turn up the heat to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Remove the lid, sprinkle with pepper and the rest of the cheese, then bake for 15 mins more until golden. Scatter over the remaining thyme leaves. Scoop the pumpkin flesh into bowls with the cheesy cream and serve with crusty bread as a starter.

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