serves
4
prep
20 minutes
cook
30 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4
people
preparation
20
minutes
cooking
30
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 25m
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episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 25m
PG
Ingredients
- 1 spaghetti squash, about 2 kg
- 50 ml extra-virgin olive oil
- 20 g smoked salt
- ground black pepper, to taste
- 300 g unsalted butter, softened
- 100 g Grana Padano parmesan cheese, grated, plus extra to serve
- 1 bunch chives, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C. Cut the spaghetti squash into 3-cm discs, remove the seeds and place on a baking paper-lined baking tray. Drizzle with oil and season with a little smoked salt and pepper. Roast for 30 minutes or until the strands of squash start to pull away from the skin. Remove from the oven and stand for about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place the butter and grated parmesan in a bowl and stir to combine well. Season to taste with the smoked salt.
- To serve, place 1 piece of the cooked squash on a serving plate and start to separate the spaghetti strands with a fork. Add a spoonful of parmesan butter and a sprinkling of chopped chives. Grate over a little extra parmesan and add a little more smoked salt if desired. Serve with the remaining parmesan butter on the side.
Note
• The spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pep var. fastigata) is also referred to as vegetable spaghetti, noodle squash, vegetable marrow, spaghetti marrow and squaghetti. It is a pale yellow (or off white) oblong sized squash. It grows on a vine which creeps along the ground (exactly like zucchini, cucumber or pumpkin).
Photography by Adam Liaw.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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