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Spuntino Recipes: Butternut, Rainbow Chard & Taleggio

By CW Contributor on 29/9/2015

Spuntino Recipes: Want to bring stunning, New York inspired cuisine to your kitchen? Take a bite of the Big Apple with this Butternut, Rainbow Chard & Taleggio

Spuntino recipe: Butternut Squash, Tallegio and Rainbow Chard
Spuntino recipe: Butternut Squash, Tallegio and Rainbow Chard
Spuntino: Comfort Food, New York Style transports us across the Atlantic and showcases the very best of American cuisine, updating traditional dishes with bold new flavours. When writing his cookbook, restaurateur Russell Norman scoured New York’s sprawling boroughs in search of ways to innovate comfort food, combining authenticity and simplicity to render the metropolis’ culinary dynamism.


Why not try this exquisite vegetarian recipe that simply overflows with bold colours and rich flavours?


Butternut, Rainbow Chard & Taleggio

The beautiful colours in rainbow chard always cheer me up. It is reassuring that nature can effortlessly produce such natural vibrancy and satisfying, too, that the cooking process does not diminish it. Combining rainbow chard with butternut squash and Taleggio makes for a really compelling ensemble of warm, earthy flavours, but also results in a dish that is so visually striking it wouldn’t be out of place in an art gallery.

Serves four

INGREDIENTS:

1 small butternut squash


Small handful of sage leaves


2 garlic cloves, finely chopped


Flaky sea salt and black pepper


Extra virgin olive oil


Fine salt


1 bunch of rainbow chard, about 200g, thoroughly washed


200g Taleggio, thinly sliced


METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 200ºC/Gas 6.

Cut the butternut in half lengthways, scoop out the seeds, then cut the flesh into small to medium ‘chips’. Place in a large bowl with the sage leaves, one of the chopped garlic cloves, a few very good pinches of sea salt, a twist of black pepper, and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Turn everything over a few times with your hands to coat the butternut thoroughly, then transfer to a baking tray and put the tray into the oven. After 10 minutes, turn the pieces of butternut over and cook for a further 10 minutes.


Meanwhile prepare the rainbow chard. Place a pan of salted water over a high heat and bring to the boil. Separate the leaves and the stems. Cut the stems diagonally into bite-sized strips. Cut the leaves into quarters. Once the water has come to the boil add the stems and cook for 1 minute, then add the leaves and boil for a further 30 seconds. Remove from the water and squeeze out any excess liquid. Place into a large mixing bowl and add a good few glugs of olive oil, a pinch of salt and pepper and the remaining chopped garlic clove. Turn several times to coat the chard well.


Once the butternut comes out of the oven, place the chard on top and then slices of Taleggio. Return to the oven for 2 minutes so that the cheese has just started to melt.


Carefully transfer to serving plates. This lovely warm salad is best eaten immediately.



Recipe extracted from Spuntino: Comfort Food, New York Style by Russell Norman (Bloomsbury Publishing, Hardback £22.50)

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