Chorizo Pumpkin Salad
An easy and very tasty salad with roasted pumpkin and all the good stuff you would expect in a complete meal!
This roasted pumpkin and chorizo salad is a quick, easy, and delicious way to enjoy a hearty meal in one bowl! Packed with tender roasted pumpkin, smoky chorizo, and a medley of fresh greens, it’s the perfect balance of flavour and nutrition. Whether you're meal prepping, whipping up a midweek dinner, or looking for something to impress at a gathering, this salad has you covered!
It is an excellent side salad on a buffet table or does double duty as a stand alone with some crusty bread. Midweek dinner is looking good!
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Need
- 70 Grams cubed pumpkin per serving
- honey as needed
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) as needed BUY
- pink salt flakes to taste BUY
- 200 Grams chorizo cured sliced
- 1/4 red onion thinly sliced
- 200 Grams baby spinach leaves or as needed
- 400 Grams tin of butter beans, drained
- 200 Grams Thermomix Bocconcini or purchased variety Recipe
- 1 small Lebanese cucumber sliced on the angle
- A few fresh oregano leaves
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Olive Tapenade
- 150 Grams kalamata olives, pitted
- 1 cloves garlic
- 30 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
- 60 Grams fresh lemon juice
Do
- 1
Place pumpkin into a hot oven set to 200°C and drizzle with honey, EVOO and sprinkle with salt to taste. Roast until tender, approximately 25 minutes.
- 2
Place chorizo into Thermomix bowl and saute 20 min/Varoma/Reverse/speed 1. Remove from bowl and retain the oil from the sausage in the Thermomix bowl.
- 3
To make tapenade place all ingredients into Thermomix bowl with chorizo oil and blend 10 sec/speed 6. Taste and add salt if needed.
- 4
Assemble salad with all ingredients, topping with cooked chorizo, pumpkin and then drizzling with tapenade. Serve immediately.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
