Warm pumpkin salad

Recipes / Salads

Roasted until caramelised, pumpkin is a treat with bocconcini and prosciutto.

Recipe «Warm pumpkin salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 35 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1.1kg Kent pumpkin, cut into 8 wedges, 60ml olive oil, 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar, olive oil spray, 125g sourdough bread, torn into 2cm pieces , 4 slices prosciutto, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 50g baby rocket leaves , 135g bocconcini, torn.

Ingredients:

  • 1.1kg Kent pumpkin, cut into 8 wedges 
  • 60ml olive oil 
  • 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar 
  • olive oil spray 
  • 125g sourdough bread, torn into 2cm pieces 
  • 4 slices prosciutto 
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 
  • 50g baby rocket leaves 
  • 135g bocconcini, torn 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Place the pumpkin in a large roasting pan. Drizzle over 2 tablespoons of oil and sprinkle with the sugar. Season with salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Cook, turning halfway through cooking, for 30-35 minutes or until the pumpkin is soft and slightly caramelised.
  2. Meanwhile, spray a baking tray with oil. place the bread in a bowl and drizzle over the remaining oil. Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Spread over half of the prepared tray. Place prosciutto on the other half of the tray. Cook, turning bread and prosciutto halfway through cooking, for 5-6 minutes or until crisp and golden. Tear the prosciutto into pieces.
  3. Transfer the pumpkin to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm. Add the vinegar to the pan and stir to combine. Arrange rocket on a large platter. Top with the pumpkin, bread, prosciutto and bocconcini. Drizzle over the vinegar mixture.