Roast butternut squash with cranberry relish and feta

Roast butternut squash with cranberry relish and feta
Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
30 mins to 1 hour
Serve
Serves 4-6

A delicious vegetarian starter or side for Christmas. All the elements – the date and cranberry relish, and the roasted squash – can be made ahead of time.

By Catherine Fulvio

From The Best Christmas Food Ever

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Ingredients

For the date and cranberry relish

To serve

  • 80g/2¾oz feta cheese, crumbled
  • freshly chopped parsley, to garnish
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Method

  1. For the butternut squash, preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.

  2. Place the butternut squash slices, shallots and rosemary on a lined baking tray. Drizzle with oil, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and roast for about 30–35 minutes, or until golden-brown and cooked through.

  3. In the meantime, to make the relish, put the red onion in a saucepan with a little oil and fry for 3–4 minutes before adding the bay leaf, cinnamon stick, dates, cranberries, 2 tablespoons of water, the sugar and lemon zest and juice (to taste). Simmer for about 6–8 minutes.

  4. When the butternut and shallots are cooked, arrange them on a serving platter and spoon over some of the relish. Crumble the feta cheese on top and garnish with chopped parsley.