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A recipe from The Great Dixter Cookbook by Aaron Bertelsen.

Ingredients

500 gPumpkin flesh, chopped (choose a firm, sweet variety)
500 gKumara, chopped
1 drizzleOlive oil

For the dressing

1 small handfulCoriander
1 small handfulMint
2Garlic cloves, crushed
1 tspFresh ginger, peeled and grated
1 TbspRunny honey
5 TbspOlive oil
1Lemon, grated zest and juice

To serve

2Finely chopped spring onion
1 small handfulFlat leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
  2. Put the pumpkin and kumara into separate bowls. Toss with some olive oil and salt and pepper. Transfer the kumara to a roasting tray and bake in the oven for 45 minutes, adding the pumpkin for the last 20 minutes. Turn occasionally and cook until golden and tender.
  3. To make the dressing, put all the ingredients except the lemon zest into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
  4. Add half the dressing to the warm vegetables and toss. Let cool.
  5. Just before serving, add the remaining dressing to the vegetables and sprinkle with the spring onions, flat-leaf parsley and lemon zest.

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