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Roasted squash with blue cheese and hazelnuts

This simple side dish adds a fiery kick to seasonal squash and helps you load up on immune and energy-boosting vitamin C, vitamin B6, iron and potassium.

  • Hands-on time: 15 mins
  • Time to make: 55 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1.5kg squash or pumpkin (2–3 medium squash), deseeded
  • 2 teaspoons sunflower or olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons fresh thyme sprigs, plus extra to garnish
  • 50g hazelnuts, roughly chopped
  • 1 mild red chilli, finely chopped or sliced
  • 100g blue cheese
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Heat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6. Line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper.

    2 Cut the squash or pumpkin into 2–3cm thick wedges. Put them on the tray, drizzle with oil and toss. Bake for 30 min, turning after 20 min.

    3 Add the thyme and hazelnuts to the tray and bake for a further 6–8 min until the nuts are toasted. Transfer to a serving tray and scatter with the chilli and small chunks of the blue cheese. Garnish with the extra thyme.

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