Roast Pumpkin With Cream Thyme & Parmesan

This impressive-looking dish makes a wonderful starter for a dinner party

• Cooking Time Prep 10 mins
  Cook 1 hr, 45 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Serves 6

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  342

• Protein

  8g

• Carbs

  6g

• Fat

  32g

• Saturates

  18g

• Fibre

  2g

• Sugar

  5g

• Salt

  0.33g

Ingredients

• 1½ kg pumpkins
• 300ml pot double cream
• 150ml milk
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tsp thyme leaves
• 85g grated parmesan (or vegetarian alternative)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Cut lid off pumpkin and scoop out seeds and strands. Put the pumpkin on a baking tray. Meanwhile, heat the cream, milk, garlic and most of the thyme, with plenty of seasoning. When hot, pour into the pumpkin and stir in 50g of the Parmesan. Put on the lid.
2. Bake for 1½ hrs, take from the oven, then turn up the heat to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Remove the lid, sprinkle with pepper and the rest of the cheese, then bake for 15 mins more until golden. Scatter over the remaining thyme leaves. Scoop the pumpkin flesh into bowls with the cheesy cream and serve with crusty bread as a starter.

Categories: All Christmas, Dinner Party, Vegetables, Vegetarian