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Ottolenghi-Style Halloumi & Squash Traybake with Pomegranate & Mint
Roasted butternut squash and red onion with garlic, cumin and smoked paprika, served alongside blistered halloumi.
- 500 g butternut squash
- 200 g halloumi cheese
- 1 medium red onion
- 3 cloves garlic cloves
- 40 ml olive oil
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 50 g pomegranate seeds
- 15 g fresh mint leaves
- ½ whole lemon
- 1 to taste salt
- 1 to taste black pepper
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Preheat your oven to 200°C (180°C fan/Gas Mark 6).
- Step 2
Peel, deseed, and cut the butternut squash into 2-3cm cubes.
- Step 3
Cut the red onion into wedges.
- Step 4
Peel and lightly crush the garlic cloves.
- Step 5
In a large roasting tin, toss the butternut squash, red onion wedges, and crushed garlic with 30ml of olive oil, cumin, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Step 6
Roast for 25-30 minutes, or until the squash is tender and slightly caramelised.
- Step 7
While the squash is roasting, cut the halloumi into 2cm cubes.
- Step 8
Once the squash is nearly tender, add the halloumi cubes to the roasting tin.
- Step 9
Drizzle with the remaining 10ml of olive oil and toss gently.
- Step 10
Return to the oven for a further 10-15 minutes, or until the halloumi is golden brown and slightly softened.
- Step 11
Remove from the oven. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the traybake.
- Step 12
Scatter with pomegranate seeds and fresh mint leaves before serving.
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