Butternut hummus

Serves: 0
Course: Side Dish
Cooking Time: 0 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

  • ½ a butternut squash, peeled and cubed
  • 2tbsp olive oil
  • 3tbsp tahini
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • 1tbsp pomegranate arils (optional)
  • 2tbsp feta
  • 200g cooked chickpeas, drain but keep 3tbsp of cooking water (or use a tin and reserve some of the liquid)
  • 2tbsp lemon juice
  • To serve: vegetable crudites or warm flatbread

1 Preheat an oven to 200 degrees. Place the cubed squash on a tray and drizzle with olive oil. Roast for 25-30 minutes till turning golden at the edges.

2 Leave to cool then blitz with the tahini, lemon juice, chickpeas, chickpea cooking water or liquid from the tin, and half a teaspoon of salt. Taste for seasoning.

3 Garnish with remaining squash cubes, chickpeas, feta and pomegranate. Drizzle with the molasses and serve.

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a food writer