Mushroom & Feta Stuffed Butternut

Roasted butternut stuffed with exotic mushrooms and grain medley, served with a fresh watercress and rocket salad.
Recipe By:Matthew Tordoff
Serves:4
Cooking Time:40 minutes
Cook's Tips:Butternut: Top and tail the butternut and stand it upright on its widest section, then carefully slice directly down the middle from top to bottom. Use a tablespoon to remove all the seeds. 
Prep Time:10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 pack whole butternut
  • 250 g 7 grain medley
  • 300 g exotic mushrooms, sliced evenly
  • 100 g baby spinach, rocket & watercress salad
  • 100 g plain South African feta cheese, crumbled
  • 125 g basil pesto
  • olive oil
  • salt and black pepper

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Cooking Instructions

STEP 1
Preheat oven to 200 °C. Carefully, pierce the butternuts five or six times with a knife. Place the whole butternuts in the microwave and cook for 25 minutes. Snip off a small corner of the grain medley packaging and place in the microwave for the last two minutes of the butternut cooking time.

STEP 2
Place a pan onto a high heat, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and fry the sliced mushrooms for 5 minutes or until cooked through and golden. Season with salt and black pepper and set aside in a bowl.

STEP 3
Slice the par-cooked butternuts lengthways (see chef’s tip below). Spoon out some of the flesh to create a pocket for the filling, then place the scooped flesh into a large bowl. Mix the mushrooms and the grains with the scooped-out butternut and season with salt and black pepper.

STEP 4
To make the basil pesto dressing: add 1/2 the basil pesto to a bowl and add 3 tablespoons of olive oil. For the salad, in a separate bowl, add the baby spinach, rocket & watercress, top with the feta, dress with the remaining basil pesto and season with salt and black pepper. Set aside.

STEP 5
Place the butternut halves, flesh-side up, onto the roasting tray and drizzle each half with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Season with salt and black pepper. Add the grain and mushroom mix to each of the butternut halves, then roast for 20 minutes.

STEP 6
Once cooked, drizzle the basil pesto dressing over the stuffed butternuts and serve with the salad. 

ALLERGENS
Contains: Gluten, Wheat, Tree nuts,
Cow’s milk.