Really Garlicky Roasted Butternut Squash with Orzo Pasta

Nairn

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
A Taste of the Highlands

By Ghillie Basan

Published 2021

  • About

Who would have thought that you could grow plump, juicy garlic cloves to rival the best of the Mediterranean in the Scottish Highlands? Certainly, the idea was a gamble but husband-and-wife team, Glen and Gilli Allingham, felt the need to diversify in order to safeguard their livelihood on their potato farm at the foot of the Cawdor Hills.

They selected Hardneck Porcelain, which is a sweet, plump, juicy variety closely related to wild garlic and see