Hassleback Swede Filled with Almond Feta & Thyme Pesto

Name: Hassleback Swede Filled with Almond Feta & Thyme Pesto
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast; 10 g (½ oz) thyme leaves, chopped; 1 garlic clove, grated; zest of ½ lemon; handful of rocket (arugula), to serve; pinch of salt; Almond Feta; 2 handfuls of kale, cavolo nero or chard (or a mixture), roughly chopped; 2–3 tablespoons olive oil; 2 swedes (rutabagas), peeled; salt and pepper, to taste; 10 g (½ oz) thyme leaves; 10 g (½ oz) mint leaves; 100 ml (3½ fl oz/⅓ cup) olive oil; 1 garlic clove; pinch of salt and pepper; 100 g (3½ oz) sunflower seeds; 30 g (1 oz) basil leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Celebrate

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2021

About

Let’s bring the swede (rutabaga) back. When cooked well, it deserves to be centre stage. Here it needs to be slow-roasted and then filled with incredible crumbly almond feta to jazz it up. Let’s give the swede the praise it deserves.

Ingredients

2 swedes (rutabagas), peeled
2–3 tablespoons olive oil
2 handfuls

Starter
Gluten-free
Vegan
Spring

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C 400°F/gas 6).

Cut the swedes in half and hassleback each half by slicing across the swede every 5 mm (¼