ladies who lunch
My friend Clare, the one with the chef qualifications and the one who taught me how to debone a chicken and who bought me a Kasumi boning knife for my 40th – that Clare – came around for lunch today which of course inspired me to make something delicious and ultimately very impressive.
Behold Bill Granger’s spicy roast pumpkin salad with feta and olives.
This was SO easy. And with my new and improved north-facing kitchen I no longer have to struggle to get enough light for taking photos. Suddenly, everything I cook looks even better.
I halved the ingredients to serve two people, and didn’t really measure the fetta or count the olives. I mean, who does that?
BILL GRANGER’S SPICY ROAST PUMPKIN SALAD
(from his book, bill’s food)
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
800g pumpkin, cut into 2cm cubes
100g baby English spinach leaves
150g marinated feta, drained and crumbled
20 Kalamata olives, pitted.
DRESSING
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
60ml (1/4 cup) extra virgin olive oil
1 eschallot, finely sliced
Preheat oven to 200 C.
Place the olive oil, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper in a bowl and stir to combine. Add the pumplin and stir to coat. Transfer to a roasting tin and bake for 30 minutes, or until the pumpkin is tender and slightly caramelized.
Whisk all the dressing ingredients together in a bowl until combined.
Divide the spinach leaves among four serving plates and scatter pumpkin, feta and olives over the top. Drizzle each salad with dressing. (Or, put all the salad ingredients + dressing into a big bowl, turn it over a few times to get it all mixed together and serve at the table on a big plate that everyone can help themselves to.)
Serves 4
Since we are on the subject, over the past 3-4 weeks, I have had trouble loading your website. Not always, but sporadically. When your geeky husband checks into it, you can mention that too.
@Tracey – oh dear, that doesn’t sound good. Will get geeky husband to look into it. Cheers.
Sounds yummy. By the way, when I tried to load up your website just a minute ago, it jumped to something called celebrity new.net or some rubbish like that. It’s not the first time it’s happened either.
Sounds easy and delicious and as long as it’s goat’s feta – totally Hormone Diet friendly. I will try this soon! Thanks.