Zucca al Forno

Name: Zucca al Forno (Oven-Baked Pumpkin)
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: salt and pepper; salt and pepper; Parmesan, grated (optional); 100 g butter; 1 pumpkin, about 3kg (preferably Marina di Choggia); 1 tbsp very finely chopped rosemary; 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced

Oven-Baked Pumpkin

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio – The Collection

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2012

About

“When my mother was short of ingredients and also of time (we were six children!) then pumpkin was a welcome food. It didn’t require a great deal of attention, but it fully satisfied our permanent hunger. At the time we loathed it – I wish I could have it now.”

Ingredients

1 pumpkin, about 3kg (preferably Marina di Choggia)
100 g butter
2 garlic cloves,

Europe
Italy
Starter
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/Gas 6.

Cut the pumpkin in half and remove the seeds. Cut each half into 3 wedges. Bake the pumpkin wedges for 50-60 minutes<