Stuffed butternut delight

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4 servings Prep: 30 mins, Cooking: 25 mins
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Vegetables

By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (15)

2.00 butternut — halved lengthways
30.00 ml oil
50.00 ml butter
75.00 g leeks — thinly sliced
75.00 g carrots — diced
1.00 celery — thinly sliced
125.00 g button mushrooms — sliced
75.00 g peas — frozen
200.00 ml rice — brown, cooked
50.00 g pecan nuts — coarsely chopped
25.00 ml soy sauce — light
20.00 ml honey
5.00 ml ginger — ground
salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
5.00 ml nutmeg — ground
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Method:

1. Scoop seeds out of butternuts and place butternuts in a saucepan of boiling water. Cook until tender (about 20 minutes).
2. Remove from saucepan, drain well and place in an ovenproof dish.
3. Heat oil and 30 ml butter in a frying pan, add leeks, carrots, celery, mushrooms and peas and stir-fry for three to four minutes. Add rice and nuts.
4. Remove flesh from butternut without breaking the skin. Mash flesh slightly and add to rice mixture. Mix well. Add soy sauce, honey, ginger and salt and pepper to taste.
5. Spoon mixture into butternut skins and dot with remaining butter. Sprinkle with nutmeg, cover with foil and bake in preheated 200 ºC oven for 25 minutes.



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