Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, roasted butternut squash with feta and pearl barley #salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
While the butternut squash is roasting, cook the pearl barley. Place a heavy-based large saucepan over a medium heat and add a tablespoon of olive oil. Once everything is cooked and ready, add the butternut squash and spinach and half the parsley and chives.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have roasted butternut squash with feta and pearl barley #salad using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Roasted butternut squash with feta and pearl barley #salad:
- Make ready 800 g butternut squash, peeled and cut into 2cm chunks
- Take 2 tsp rosemary, finely chopped
- Get 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare 1/2 tsp caster sugar
- Make ready 170 g pearl barley or oat grains
- Prepare 2 courgettes, sliced lengthways
- Take 100 g feta or goats cheese, cut into 2cm cubes or crumbled
- Prepare 2 tbsp pinenuts, toasted
- Get 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds, toasted
- Get Large handful fresh mint, chopped
- Prepare 700 ml vegetable stock
- Take Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Get For the dressing:
- Make ready 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Get 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- Make ready Juice of 1 lemon
- Take 1 tbsp honey
- Prepare 1 tbs soy sauce
Cook the barley until tender as directed on the packet. Pearl barley is much cheaper than traditional risotto rice and more flavoursome too. This is designed to be a low cost recipe. Roasted butternut squash is an incredible source of beta-carotene which helps to preserve eyesight, and its antioxidant properties help to keep those annoying colds at bay.
Steps to make Roasted butternut squash with feta and pearl barley #salad:
- In a bowl, combine the butternut squash with the olive oil, rosemary and caster sugar and season with the salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for 25 minutes or until soft. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
- I cooked the pearl barley in the pressure cooker but it can also be cooked on the hob and simmered in the vegetable stock for an hour until the pearl barley has softened but slightly firm to the bite.
- Brush the courgette slices with olive oil and fry gently in a hot griddle. Sprinkle with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Lightly fry the pine nuts and pumpkin seeds in a pan ensuring not to burn the seeds.
- Chop the mint and add all the ingredients in a bowl and mix together.
- Mix together the salad dressing and taste it to ensure you have a perfectly balanced dressing. Add more honey, lemon juice or soy sauce if required. Pour over the salad and season to taste with more freshly ground black pepper if needed. Serve warm.
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