Baked Pumpkin with Chilli, Lime and Soy

Name: Baked Pumpkin with Chilli, Lime and Soy
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: 1 red chilli, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 75 g (3 oz) unsalted butter; 700 g (1 lb 9 oz) pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cut into slices 5mm (¼in) thick; 1 teaspoon light molasses; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; Juice of 1 lime; 5 cm (2 in) piece of fresh ginger, finely grated; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; About 450 ml (¾ pint) boiling chicken stock

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Vegetables

By Paul Gayler

Published 1999

About

Ingredients

75 g (3 oz) unsalted butter
700 g (1

Asia
Side dish

Method

Although pumpkin is not much used in Asian cooking, I find oriental spices work very well with it. Other types of squash such as butternut could be used instead.

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5. Use 25