olive oil Archives

Cheese recipes

Everyday mac ‘n cheese

50 minutes

Avocado recipes

Sirloin with gorgonzola-and-bacon sauce and avocado salad

15 minutes

Mexican recipes

Spicy Mexican red kidney bean soup with chunky guacamole

40 minutes

Bagna cauda and sweet vegetables

5 minutes

Fish recipes

Baked fish and squashed tomato parcels

20 minutes

Asian recipes

Caramel chicken with mango

20 minutes

Quiche recipes

Tomato, baby marrow and bacon quiche

1 hour

Couscous recipes

Cumin and garlic chicken couscous

15 minutes

Quick chicken pot

35 minutes

Sausage recipes

Chicken-sausage tagine

20 minutes

Butternut recipes

Butternut Laksa

50 minutes

Butternut Laksa

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

1 butternut
5 T olive oil
2 extra-large free-range eggs
1 5cm piece ginger, grated
1 chopped fresh chilli
2 cloves crushed garlic
1 80g sachet Rogan Josh or Mussaman curry paste
1 400g can coconut milk
Fresh coriander, for serving
Pumpkin seeds, for serving

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Peel the butternut and cut into cubes. Place in a roasting dish and drizzle with 3T olive oil, then season and roast for 30 minutes, or until cooked through and golden.

Hard-boil the eggs, then peel and cut in half.

Heat 2 T olive oil in a pan. Add ginger, chilli, crushed garlic and curry paste and heat for 30 seconds. Add coconut milk and stir well. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Remove the curry from the heat, add the butternut and top with the halved hard-boiled eggs. Serve with fresh coriander and a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds.

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Sirloin with gorgonzola-and-bacon sauce and avocado salad

Spicy Mexican red kidney bean soup with chunky guacamole

Bagna cauda and sweet vegetables

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Quick chicken pot

Chicken-sausage tagine

Butternut Laksa

Butternut Laksa

Ingredients

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