Squash tatin with harissa butter

Name: Squash tatin with harissa butter
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 tsp cumin seeds; 40 g salted butter; salt and pepper to season; 1 tbsp thyme leaves; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp coriander seeds; 1 butternut squash (about 800 g), peeled and cut into 2–3 cm (1in) rounds; 500 g all-butter puff pastry; a small handful of mint leaves to serve; 2 tsp harissa paste; 1 tbsp maple syrup

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Prue

By Prue Leith

Published 2018

About

If you like American pumpkin pie, you’ll love this. It’s a savoury dish that’s a bit sweet, but spicy too, and huge fun to make.

Ingredients

1 butternut squash (about 800 g), peeled and cut into 2–3 cm (1in) rounds
1 tbsp corian

Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Heat the oven to 220°C/fan 200°C/gas mark 7. Put the squash in a large roasting tin, seeds and all. Add the coriander seeds, thyme and 2 tablespoons o