Name: Honey Pumpkin Salad with Sage Croutons
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 2 lbs pumpkin (peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch dice); 1/4 cup honey; 2 tbsp unsalted butter (melted); 8 slices country bread (inch thick door stoppers); 5 leaves sage; 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds; 1 whole Granny Smith apple (halved, cored and thinly sliced); 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; Roasted pumpkin seed oil (for brushing)

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This unusual salad is a wonderful starter to the meal. Toasted bread slices are rubbed with sage and pumpkinseed oil, then topped with vinegary apples, honey-roasted pumpkin salad and finely chopped persimmons.

Honey Pumpkin Salad with Sage Croutons

For a refreshing filling salad full of flavour and texture you need a Honey Pumpkin Salad with Sage Croutons

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Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Salad, Vegetarian

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings: people

Calories: 214kcal

Ingredients

2 lbs pumpkin peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch dice
1/4 cup honey
2 tbsp unsalted butter melted
8 slices country bread inch thick door stoppers
5 leaves sage
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
1 whole Granny Smith apple halved, cored and thinly sliced
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
Roasted pumpkin seed oil for brushing

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In a bowl, toss the pumpkin with the honey and the melted butter. Spread the pumpkin on a rimmed baking sheet and roast for about 35 minutes, or just until tender; let cool.
Arrange the bread on a cookie sheet and bake in the oven with the pumpkin for about 5 minutes, or until lightly toasted. Brush the toasts generously with pumpkin seed oil and rub with the sage leaves. Spread the pumpkin seeds in a pie plate; toast in the oven for about 3 minutes, or until fragrant.
In a bowl, toss the apple with 1/2 tablespoon of the vinegar. In another bowl, toss the pumpkin with the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons of vinegar. Season both with salt and pepper.

To Serve

Set a crouton on each plate and top with the apple slices. Spoon the pumpkin salad and chopped persimmon over the apple slices. Garnish with the toasted pumpkin seeds and serve.

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