Main Meals

Baked butternut with chorizo-rice filling

4
Easy
15 minutes
45 minutes
Wine/Spirit Pairing
Backsberg Viognier 2009

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Ingredients

Method
  • 2 butternuts (about 500 g each)
  • Olive oil, for brushing
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Coriander sprigs, to garnish
  • For the chorizo-rice filling:

  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 cup organic long-grain white rice
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 100 g chorizo or peppered salami, chopped
  • 2-3 T chopped coriander, plus extra for serving
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Method

Ingredients

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

Halve the squashes lengthways then scoop out and discard the seeds.

 

Place on a baking tray, brush with olive oil and season to taste. Cover with baking paper and bake for 45 minutes, or until very tender.

 

To make the chorizo-rice filling: 

 

In a pan over a medium heat, soften the onion in the olive oil. Stir in the garlic and rice, then pour in the stock and add the chorizo or salami.

 

Bring to a bubble, cover and turn down the heat. Simmer for 20 minutes, then turn off the heat.

 

Add the coriander, cover again and leave for a further 5 minutes, by which time the rice should be tender and fluffy. Check seasoning.

 

To serve: Serve the chorizo rice in the cavities of the butternut. Garnish with coriander sprigs.

Phillippa Cheifitz

Recipe by: Phillippa Cheifitz

Regular TASTE contributor Phillippa is a well-known South African author and food writer, and has won many awards, both for her magazine features and her cookbooks.

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