Sticky pumpkin, cranberry and rocket salad

Recipes / Salads

With a hint of Asia, this salad is packed with vegie goodness.

Recipe «Sticky pumpkin, cranberry and rocket salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/4 cup white miso paste, 3 tsp salt-reduced soy sauce, 1 tbsp mirin, 1 1/2 tbsp caster sugar, 2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, finely grated , 1 garlic clove, crushed, 800g kent pumpkin, cut into 6 wedges, 2 tbsp pepitas , Canola oil cooking spray, 1 avocado, sliced, 120g baby rocket, 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, sliced diagonally, 1/3 cup dried cranberries, 1/4 cup lime juice, 2 tsp salt-reduced soy sauce, 2 1/2 tsp caster sugar.

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup white miso paste 
  • 3 tsp salt-reduced soy sauce 
  • 1 tbsp mirin 
  • 1 1/2 tbsp caster sugar 
  • 2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, finely grated 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 800g kent pumpkin, cut into 6 wedges 
  • 2 tbsp pepitas 
  • Canola oil cooking spray 
  • 1 avocado, sliced 
  • 120g baby rocket 
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, sliced diagonally 
  • 1/3 cup dried cranberries 
  • 1/4 cup lime juice 
  • 2 tsp salt-reduced soy sauce 
  • 2 1/2 tsp caster sugar 
  • 1/2 tsp sesame oil 
  • 1 1/2 tbsp rice bran oil 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 220C/200C fan-forced. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Combine miso, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, ginger and garlic in a small bowl. Cut each pumpkin wedge in half. Place pumpkin, in a single layer, on prepared baking tray. Brush pumpkin with 1/2 the miso mixture. Roast for 10 minutes. Brush with remaining miso mixture and sprinkle with pepitas. Spray with oil. Roast for a further 10 minutes or until sticky and tender.
  3. Meanwhile, make Lime and Soy Dressing Place lime juice, soy sauce, sugar and oils in a small bowl. Stir until sugar dissolves 4 Add avocado to dressing. Toss to coat. Arrange rocket, cucumber and pumpkin on a platter (see notes). Top with avocado and drizzle with dressing. Sprinkle with cranberries. Serve.