Vegetarian Christmas starter recipe for 4 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has butternut squash, olive oil, rocket, mozzarella, garlic clove, red wine vinegar, honey and mint.
Warm squash & rocket salad with garlic vinaigrette
Course: Vegetarian Christmas starter
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Garlic Clove: 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- Olive Oil: 3 tbsp olive oil
- Mint: small handful mint leaves, chopped
- Rocket: 2 big handfuls rocket
- Butternut Squash: 1 small butternut squash, peeled
- Mozzarella: 2 x 125g balls mozzarella, torn
- Honey: 1 tbsp honey
- Red Wine Vinegar: 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
Directions
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Slice the squash into 3cm pieces. Place on a large, greased baking tray and drizzle with 1 tbsp of the oil. Season well and roast for 25 mins or until golden.
- While the squash is roasting, make the vinaigrette. Heat the remaining oil in a small pan. Add the garlic, keeping the heat low, and cook until golden. Remove from the heat and add the vinegar and honey. Return to the heat for 1 min, whisking until the vinaigrette becomes syrupy, then set aside.
- To serve, arrange the rocket and mozzarella on 4 plates. Add mint to the vinaigrette. Divide the squash between the plates and drizzle with the vinaigrette.
