Serves: 6–8
INGREDIENTS
1 buttercup pumpkin, about 1 kilogram
olive oil
sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Brown butter
80 grams butter
12 fresh sage leaves
2 tablespoons pine nuts
1 tablespoon lemon juice
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 200˚C.
Wash, halve and seed the pumpkin. Cut into 2 cm thick wedges and brush with olive oil. Season. Place on an oven tray and roast until tender but not falling apart, turning once during cooking.
Brown butter: Melt the butter in a sauté pan, add the sage leaves and pine nuts and cook until the butter is a nutty brown and the sage is crisp. Stir in the lemon juice.
To serve: Arrange the pumpkin on a serving platter and spoon over the sage butter.
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