Name: Chorizo and soft-boiled egg salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1.5 kilogram butternut pumpkin, peeled, chopped; 2 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons extra; 2 chorizo sausages, thinly sliced; 2 long bread rolls, sliced; 6 eggs, at room temperature; 1 bunch (170g) asparagus, halved lengthwise, blanched; 100 gram baby rocket leaves; 1 teaspoon dijon mustard; 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Ingredients

1.5 kilogram butternut pumpkin, peeled, chopped

2 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons extra

2 chorizo sausages, thinly sliced

2 long bread rolls, sliced

6 eggs, at room temperature

1 bunch (170g) asparagus, halved lengthwise, blanched

100 gram baby rocket leaves

1 teaspoon dijon mustard

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Method

1.Preheat even to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). Line a baking tray with baking paper.

2.Place pumpkin and half the oil on prepared tray. Season. Toss well to coat. Bake for 40 minutes or until tender and golden. Transfer to a large bowl.

3.Heat remaining oil in a large frying pan over moderate heat. Add chorizo; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until golden and crisp. Using a slotted spoon, transfer chorizo to paper towels.

4.Add bread slices to pan; cook and turn for 1 minute or until golden and crisp. Transfer to paper towels with chorizo. Pat dry. Add to pumpkin in bowl.

5.Place eggs in a medium saucepan; cover with cold water. Bring to the boil over moderate heat, gently stirring (this helps centre yolks). Boil without stirring for 4 minutes. Drain. Refresh eggs under cold running water. Peel.

6.Add asparagus, rocket, mustard, juice and extra oil to pumpkin mixture in bowl. Season. Toss well to combine. Arrange in a serving bowl. Top with egg. Serve.

To make boiled eggs easier to peel, refresh first under cold running water. Pan-fry or hard-boil eggs instead, if you desire. Cook eggs at the last minute so yolks are warm and ooze when cracked. To blanch asparagus, cook in boiling water for 1 minute; drain. Refresh under cold water.
Note

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