Sugar-roasted Pumpkin with Cardamon Butter and Toasted Pepitas

Name: Sugar-roasted Pumpkin with Cardamon Butter and Toasted Pepitas
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 750 g (1 lb 10 oz) pumpkin, peeled and cut into wedges; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Zest of 1 orange; 25 g (1 oz) unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds, toasted; ½ teaspoon cardamom pods, cracked to release the seeds

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Passion for Vegetables

By Paul Gayler

Published 1999

About

Ingredients

750 g (1 lb 10 oz) pumpkin, peeled and cut into wedges
2

Side dish
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

The only sugar in this recipe is the natural sugar in the pumpkin itself, which forms a light caramel during roasting. When the pumpkin is topped with the spicy butter, flavours explode!

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Place the pumpkin in a roasting tin, season wit