Roast Butternut Squash with Pancetta and Gruyère and Parmesan Cream, Weekend: Eating at Home: From long lazy lunches to fast family fixes. Photography by Chris Terry.
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Roast Butternut Squash with Pancetta and Gruyère and Parmesan Cream
A rather decadent way to dress up a butternut squash. Bacon or pancetta and cheese seem to be regulars in my recipes, and I’m unapologetic on this point—they do make everything taste better!
Serves 2
4 slices of pancetta
For the kale vinaigrette
50g (13⁄4oz) kale, trimmed and very finely chopped
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
3 tbsp olive oil
1 banana shallot, sliced into thin rounds
Heat the olive oil in a large pan over a medium heat and cook the pancetta for a few minutes to release the fat. Remove the pancetta from the pan and set aside. Add the squash, rosemary and garlic, to the pan with the pancetta fat, season with salt and pepper and cook for 20 minutes, stirring from time to time to make sure it’s not sticking. Set aside and keep warm.
Bring the cream to the boil in a pan, then immediately remove from the heat and whisk in both cheeses until melted and thickened. Keep warm.
For the kale vinaigrette, using your hands, scrunch the chopped kale with the red wine vinegar in a bowl. Leave for 5 minutes to soften, then add the olive oil and shallot and a pinch of salt and black pepper.
When you’re ready to serve, pour some of the Gruyère and Parmesan cream into each bowl, spoon in some squash and garnish with the kale vinaigrette, with the pancetta crumbled over in shards.
Recipe reprinted with permission from Hardie Grant Books.