Ingredients
- 600g pumpkin
- 1 bunch coriander
- ½ - 1 tsp siracha chilli sauce
- 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt
- Pepper
- Oil
- 2 cloves garlic
Roasted Pumpkin with Coriander and Chilli Pesto
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees
- Remove the skin and seeds from the pumpkin and cut into thin slices
- Finely chop the garlic and mix through the pumpkin slices with a drizzle of oil and then season with salt and pepper
- Cook the pumpkin in the oven for approx
- 15 minutes until tender
- While the pumpkin is cooking prepare the pesto
- Blend together the pumpkin and sesame seeds with 2 tbsp of olive oil, the lemon juice and the coriander (stalks and leaves)
- Add the siracha sauce to taste and check the seasoning
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Once the pumpkin is cooked, place on a serving platter and add spoonfuls of the pesto over the top
- Enjoy this pumpkin as side dish