Cheese and chili squash and sweetcorn
This dish makes a wonderful vegetarian meal or an interesting starter for dipping vegetables.
Cheese and chili squash and sweetcorn | |
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You can use other types of squash | |
Servings: | Serves 4 |
Calories per serving: | 622 |
Ready in: | 25 minutes |
Prep. time: | 10 minutes |
Cook time: | 15 minutes |
Difficulty: | |
Recipe author: | Chef |
First published: | 20th January 2013 |
Best recipe reviewNice dip 4/5 Great to use up your squash-glut. |
Ingredients
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- 1 butternut squash
- 200 g (7 oz) sweetcorn kernels
- 110 g (4 oz) cream cheese
- 1 fresh green chili, deseeded and cut into thin rings
- Handful of freshly chopped parsley
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
- Peel the squash with a speed peeler.
- Cut in half length ways and scrape the seeds out with an ice-cream scoop or a spoon.
- Cut the flesh into 2.5 cm (1 ") cubes
- Add to a pan and cover with boiling water and boil for 10 minutes until the squash starts to become soft..
- Add the sweetcorn and boil for another 5 minutes
- Drain well, return to the pan and mix in the cream cheese and chillies.
- Blend to a paste with a hand liquidiser or mash really well.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve.
Variations
We make this with a variety of squashes, not just the butternut squash.
Use mascarpone cheese or crème fraîche instead of cream cheese.
Chef's tip
If using very small squashes, rather than peeling them, wash them, cut them in half, deseed them and boil them without peeling. Scoop out the flesh once soft.
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