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Butternut squash pisto

Servings:	Serves 4
Ready in:	1 hour, 15 minutes
Prep. time:	15 minutes
Cook time:	1 hour
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	JuliaBalbilla
First published:	3rd January 2015

Pisto is the Spanish equivalent of ratatouille. This vegetarian pesto is made with butternut squash, always available at this festive time of year.

Ingredients

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• A 1.2 kg butternut squash, peeled and chopped into 2cm pieces - about 800g once prepared
• 1 teaspoon of Old India Taco Seasoning
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• A good pinch of freshly ground black pepper
• 3 medium onions, peeled and chopped
• 1 red pepper, deseeded, halved and cut into rings
• 2 green indian chillies, thinly sliced, deseeded if you wish
• 1 large sprig of rosemary, left whole
• 4 freshly picked bay leaves
• 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
• A pinch of cumin seeds
• A pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
• 180ml passata
• 1 tablespoon port
• 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar

to garnish

• 2 tablespoons pine nuts

Method

1. Pop the butternut squash chunks into a sieve and dust with the Old India Taco Seasoning, set to one side.
2. Add the freshly ground black pepper to a large frying pan or even a wok.
3. Add the olive oil and gently sauté the onions for 15 minutes.
4. Add the sliced red pepper and fry for 10 minutes.
5. Now to liven it up; add the sliced chillies, cumin seeds, bay leaves, whole sprig of rosemary and finally the garlic slices. Stir-fry these for a few minutes.
6. Give the sieve of butternut squash a shake to remove any liquid that may have leached out and add the squash to the pan.
7. Very gently sauté the squash for 20 minutes, turning regularly.
8. After 20 minutes add the passata, port, sherry vinegar, Mexican oregano, and a grate of nutmeg and heat for the final 10 minutes.
9. Remove the stem of the rosemary sprig and serve.

Serving suggestions

Serve garnished with toasted pine nuts

Chef's notes

If you don't have Old India Taco Seasoning, a pinch of salt and ½ teaspoon of unsmoked Paprika will work just as well.

Other Pisto recipes

• Pisto Toledano
• Pisto manchego
• Butternut squash pisto
• Tray-baked butternut squash pisto
• Pisto (TM) (a Thermomix recipe)
• Pisto montañes (TM) (a Thermomix recipe)

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