Roast Pumpkin, Racicchio, and Feta Salad
- 2 lbs (.9 kg). peeled pumkin, cut into 2 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) vegetable oil
- 1/2 large red onion, peeled and finely sliced end to end into half-moons
- 2 limes, juice only
- 1/3 cup (80 ml) pine nuts
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) peanut oil or olive oil
- 1/4 tsp (1 ml). pumpkinseed oil or olive oil
- 8 oz (224 grm). (approx.) feta cheese, broken into bite-sized pieces
- 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) radicchio cut into bite-size pieces.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees (200 C.).
- Rub pumpkin with vegetable oil, and arrange in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Bake until just tender all the way through, about 45 minutes.
- Remove, cool, cover, and refrigerate until needed.
- (May be done a day ahead.)
- In a small bowl, combine onion with lime juice, and steep for 15 to 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, toss pine nuts in a small dry skillet over medium heat until lightly browned; remove from heat, and set aside.
- Add peanut oil and pumpkinseed oil to onion mixture, and mix well.
- In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, feta, radicchio, onion mixture and half the pine nuts.
- Mix everything gently by hand, and turn out onto a large plate or wide shallow bowl.
- Garnish with remaining pine nuts, and serve.
vegetable oil, red onion, only, nuts, peanut oil, pumpkinseed oil, feta cheese, radicchio
Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/0016C0 (may not work)