Creamy Harissa Butternut Squash Spaghetti
Looking to up your pasta game? Our Creamy Harissa Butternut Spaghetti is where it’s at. Thanks to the Cuisinart Easy Prep Pro, you can whip up this flavourful dish in no time. Packed full of flavour and ready in under 40 minutes head to the link in bio for the full recipe now.
Serves
Ingredients
For the Sauce
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To Serve
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Before you start
Preheat oven to 200C | Baking tray lined with parchment paper | Large saucepan | Cuisinart Easy Prep Pro
Prepare the vegetables
- Trim, peel, halve, deseed and cut the butternut squash into 2cm cubes
- Cut the sprouting end of the garlic off the bulb
- Place the butternut squash, cherry tomatoes and garlic bulb on the tray
- Drizzle over 4 tbsp of olive oil, season with a good pinch of salt and pepper and stir to coat
- Put the tray in the oven and roast for 40 minutes until the squash is tender and the tomatoes are tender
Blend the veggies
- Remove the tray from the oven and leave to cool a little
- Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves into the Cuisinart Easy Prep Pro
- Put ⅓ of the cherry tomatoes to one side
- Transfer the remaining contents of the tray, silken tofu and nutritional yeast to the Cuisinart Easy Prep Pro and blitz into a smooth cream (add a little water to loosen if necessary)
Prepare the pasta
- Cook the pasta in a big pot of boiling salted water according to packet instructions (approx 9-11 minutes)
Make the sauce
- Warm the remaining olive oil in the frying pan over medium heat
- Add the harissa and stir until warmed through
- Pour the contents of the Cuisinart Easy Prep Pro into the frying pan and warm until gently simmering
- Halve the lemon and squeeze the juice into the pan, catching any pips in your free hand
- Taste and season to perfection with salt, pepper and a little sugar (if needs be)
Finish, dress and serve
- Stir a little pasta water into the sauce to get it nice and silky
- Drain the spaghetti, quickly transfer to the pan and fold into the sauce until well coated
- Season with a little nutritional yeast and black pepper
- Spoon the reserved jammy roasted cherry tomatoes over the top of the pasta
- Garnish with a little basil, a few toasted seeds and serve immediately