Skip to content
Open menu Close menu

Feed your appetite for cooking with Penguin’s expert authors

penguin logo

Dinner with Rukmini

Browse all of the recipes in Rukmini Iyer’s cookbooks by ingredient.

Whole Stuffed Mini Pumpkins with Sage and Goat’s Cheese

This gorgeous recipe for Mini Pumpkins Stuffed with Sage and Goat's Cheese from The Green Roasting Tin is the ultimate comforting vegetarian dish for chilly winter evenings.

From the book

Introduction

These beautiful little pumpkins are a real showstopper. You can find them in supermarkets around Hallowe’en, or alternatively use very small squash. They can be very be very hard to cut so you will need a sharp, strong knife.

Read more Read less

Ingredients

4 mini pumpkins
sea salt
16 fresh sage leaves
250g soft goat's cheese
2 tsp chilli flakes
2½ tbsp olive oil
½ tsp chilli powder

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C fan/200°C/ gas 6. Carefully slice the top off each pumpkin, then using a small sharp knife, cut around the cavity containing the seeds. Scoop these out with a spoon and set aside.

2. Season the inside of each cavity with a good pinch of sea salt, then line with two sage leaves. Stuff each with a quarter of the goat’s cheese, then scatter over the chilli flakes before replacing the lid. Rub each pumpkin with ½ tablespoon of the olive oil, scatter with a little more salt, and top each pumpkin with more sage leaves, making sure there’s plenty of oil on the leaves too. Transfer to the oven and roast for 1 hour.

3. Rub the pumpkin seeds with kitchen paper to get rid of any flesh and toss with ½ tablespoon of olive oil, the chilli powder and a pinch of sea salt. Ten minutes before the pumpkins are ready, tip the seeds into the roasting tin alongside, then return to the oven.

4. Serve the pumpkins whole, along with a green salad.

Comments are closed.

Follow Rukmini on Instagram

For the latest announcements and everyday cooking tips

Follow
newsletter

Subscribe to Rukmini's newsletter

Get the latest recipes and cookbook news from Rukmini straight to your inbox.

From the book: The Green Roasting Tin

Close menu