Italian
Roasted Pumpkin
by Manu Food · 60K subscribers on YouTube
Roasted pumpkin slices, seasoned with garlic, parsley, and chili, then preserved in olive oil. A versatile side dish that can be enjoyed immediately or stored for later.
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
6 items- Pumpkinsome pieces
- Garlica few cloves
- Parsleychopped
- Dried Chili Pepperdried chili, or fresh
- Extra Virgin Olive Oilgood quality
- Saltto taste
Method
- Remove the skin from the pumpkin and slice it into pieces about 1 cm thick (or use a mandoline).
- Heat a cast iron pan well and roast the pumpkin slices until charred on both sides.
- Roughly chop the garlic and parsley; prepare the dried chili.
- In a small bowl, mix the chopped parsley, garlic, chili, a pinch of salt, and extra virgin olive oil.
- Take a spoonful of this mixture and spread a thin layer on the bottom of a container.
- Arrange a layer of roasted pumpkin slices on top, trying not to overlap them.
- Add another layer of the oil mixture and a drizzle of oil.
- Repeat the layers until all pumpkin is used, finishing with the mixture on top.
- Cover everything completely with olive oil, seal with plastic wrap, and let rest for at least 24 hours in the refrigerator.


