Name: Roast pumpkin and fetta bruschetta
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 long french bread stick (300g); cooking-oil spray; 1.5 kilogram butternut pumpkin; 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes; 1 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 cup (50g) walnuts, roasted, chopped coarsely; 180 gram persian fetta, crumbled; 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves

Ingredients

1 long french bread stick (300g)

cooking-oil spray

1.5 kilogram butternut pumpkin

1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes

1 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

1/2 cup (50g) walnuts, roasted, chopped coarsely

180 gram persian fetta, crumbled

1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180°C. Line two oven trays with baking paper.

2.Trim rounded ends from bread. Cut bread into 30 x 1.5cm thick slices; spray both sides with cooking oil. Place bread on oven trays. Bake 8 minutes or until browned lightly. Cool on trays.

3.Meanwhile, cut pumpkin length-ways into four slices about 3cm thick. Cut each piece into 5mm thick slices.

4.Place pumpkin, spices and oil in a large bowl; toss well to combine. Arrange slices on two baking paper-lined oven trays. Roast 25 minutes or until just tender.

5.Top bread with 3-4 pumpkin slices; sprinkle over walnuts, fetta and thyme. Drizzle with extra oil, if you like.

Bread can be toasted 2 hours ahead; store in an airtight container. Pumpkin can be cooked 1 hour ahead.
Note

Women's Weekly Food

Trusted by home cooks for 90 years, The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Test Kitchen and cookbooks hold a singular place in shaping home cooking within the Australian culinary landscape. Today, the AWW Test Kitchen in Sydney is a thriving hub for food content, connected to two bustling photographic studios where a talented team of Australia’s best recipe developers, art directors, editors and photographers create our world class food content. Our recipes are thoroughly tested and tasted and given the Test Kitchen tick of approval, guaranteeing you’ll get great results in your home kitchen.

Instagram Facebook