Roasted Pumpkin Salad with pistachios and zesty grapefruit dressing
Bold, bright, and packed with flavour! This roasted pumpkin salad with pistachio and a zesty grapefruit sumac dressing brings all the colour and crunch
Equipment
- oven for roasting pumpkin
- large mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 500 grams pumpkin or butternut squash
- ½ cup red onion petals *the chef has used Spanish red onions
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in halves
- 1 cup green beans cut into 1 inch batons
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- ½ cup pistachios
- 1 tablespoon fresh sage leaves, chopped or whole
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoons cooking oil any type
For the Dressing
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- 1 teaspoon sumac
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Juice of ½ a grapefruit
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine all the dressing ingredients and adjust seasoning to taste.
- Dry roast 1/2 cup of pistachios in a pan with a pinch of salt until browned. Set aside.
- In an oven at 180℃ (350℉) roast large chunks of 500 grams pumpkin or butternut squash with 1 teaspoon cooking oil and a pinch of salt. This will take 45 minutes in the oven. Once roasted, remove from oven and cool. Cut into bitesize cubes.
- Par boil 1 cup green beans in boiling water for 5 minutes and strain. Optional step to retain the green colour plunge them into cold water immediately and leave for a couple of minutes.
- In a smoking pan on very high heat add 1 teaspoon cooking oil and add ½ cup red onion petals and the beans. Sauté for a minute until the beans and onions are slightly charred. Set aside to cool.
- In the same pan on high heat, add 1 tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoon chopped garlic and 1 tablespoon fresh sage leaves. Add the roast pumpkin cubes and sauté for a couple of minutes until the pumpkin is slightly browned.
- Let the vegetables cool. In a large mixing bowl add the pumpkin, beans, onions, 1 cup cherry tomatoes halves and the roasted pistachios.
- Pour the dressing over the vegetables and gently but thoroughly mix the salad and the dressing.
- Serve and enjoy!