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Stuffed hasselback squash recipe

4 ratings

Need a vegan main for your Christmas dinner? Look no further than this stuffed hasselback butternut squash recipe. A sweet and spicy glaze caramelises to complement the herby, fragrant stuffing and sweet, tender flesh of the squash. Serve with a side of Tenderstem broccoli for a vibrant main course that will impress everyone who tries it. See method

Serves 4
15 mins to prepare and 1 hr 05 mins to cook
413 calories / serving
Healthy
Vegan
Vegetarian
Dairy-free

Ingredients

1 butternut squash (roughly 1kg), halved lengthways, seeds removed and reserved
1 tbsp olive oil
1½ tbsp sweet chilli sauce
1½ tbsp maple syrup, plus 1 tsp
steamed Tenderstem broccoli, to serve (optional)

For the nutty stuffing

50g walnuts
50g porridge oats
50g plain flour
½ tsp ground cinnamon
pinch of ground nutmeg
1 rosemary sprig, leaves picked and chopped
15g fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
40g dairy-free spread

If you don't have any butternut squash, try sweet potato

Each serving contains

Energy
1730kj
413kcal 21%
Fat
20g 29%
Saturates
3g 16%
Sugars
19g 21%
Salt
0.4g 6%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 46.4g Protein 7.9g Fibre 2.8g

Method

Put all the stuffing ingredients except the spread and 5g parsley in a food processor and pulse until broken down. Add the spread and pulse again until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs; season.
Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Lay each squash half cut-side down and slice into the skin at 0.5cm intervals, leaving 1-2cm uncut at the bottom.
Turn each squash over and stuff the cavities with half the stuffing, pressing it in well. Transfer the squash to the prepared tray, stuffing side down. Rub with 1 tsp oil, season and roast for 30 mins.
Mix the remaining oil with the sweet chilli sauce and 1½ tbsp maple syrup. Remove the squash from the oven and brush over half the mixture. Roast for another 10 mins, then brush over the remaining glaze. Roast for a further 10 mins.
Meanwhile, mix the reserved squash seeds with the remaining 1 tsp maple syrup. Remove the squash from the oven, spoon over the remaining stuffing, letting it fall into the slits, and scatter over the seeds. Return to the oven and cook for 10-15 mins until golden and tender. Scatter over the remaining parsley, then slice lengthways and serve with steamed Tenderstem, if you like, along with your favourite vegan Christmas trimmings.

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