Starters & Light meals
Braaied smashed pumpkin with salsa verde and yoghurt
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Wine/Spirit Pairing
DMZ Concerto White 2015
Ingredients
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- 2 whole pumpkins
- 2 cups thick plain yoghurt
- For the salsa verde, blend:
- 5 T olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 4 anchovy fillets, roughly chopped
- 1 t Italian parsley chopped
- mint 1 t chopped
- 1 t capers
- gherkins chopped, to taste
- lemon juice, to taste
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Method
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Wrap the pumpkins in baking paper and tin foil and place into medium to cool smouldering coals. Roast for 1½ hours, or until soft.
Remove from the coals and cool slightly. Unwrap and serve with the salsa verde and yoghurt. Season to taste.
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