Cannellini bean and roast squash salad with basil dressing
Serves 12
A little effort
Total time:
You can roast the squash and tomatoes ahead for this easy salad and make the basil dressing ready for serving as a canapé at your next drinks party.
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- 1kg butternut squashpeeled and cut into chunks
- olive oil
- 500g cherry tomatoeshalved
- 2 shallotsroughly chopped
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 4 tbsp red wine vinegar
- a large bunch basil
- 4 x 400g tins cannellini beansdrained
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal180
- fat6.7g
- carbs23.4g
- fibre6.2g
- protein8g
- salt0.55g
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the squash on a baking tray, toss with 2 tbsp oil and season. Roast for 20 minutes then add the tomatoes turn up to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7 and roast for 15 minutes. Cool.
step 2
Put the shallots, mustard, vinegar and basil in a processor and blend. Add 4 tbsp oil and 3 tbsp water then whizz to a dressing.
step 3
Put the cannellini beans on a platter. Top with the squash and tomatoes then drizzle over the basil dressing. Gently toss.
