Butternut Squash Flatbread with Pomegranate and Bleu Cheese
HomeChef
Original description: This dish features a who’s who of seasonal flavors: pomegranate, bleu cheese, and walnuts for starters. They all work
Ingredients
- 1 Green Onion
- 2 Naan Flatbreads
- 6 oz Butternut Squash,
- Cubed
- 2 oz Walnuts
- ½ tsp. Red Pepper Flakes
- 1 oz Pomegranate Molasses
- ½ oz Agave Nectar
- 4 ½ oz Ricotta Cheese
- 1 oz Bleu Cheese
- Olive Oil
- Salt Pepper
- combined with red pepper
- flakes, the result is a sweet,
- tart, and spicy condiment
- that pairs perfectly with your
- flatbread.
- Throughly rinse produce and pat dry. Trim and thinly slice
- green onion on an angle.
Instructions
- 1
Prepare the Ingredients: Throughly rinse produce and pat dry. Trim and thinly slice green onion on an angle.
- 2
Bake the Flatbread: 1 tsp. olive oil, and bake 12-14 minutes, or until warm and slightly crispy.
- 3
Cook Butternut Squash and Walnuts: Heat a medium pan over medium-high heat. Add 2 tsp. olive oil and butternut squash to pan and cook 8-10 minutes, or until squash is easily pierced with a fork and lightly caramel- ized. Add walnuts to pan and cook 2-3 minutes to toast nuts slightly. Season to taste with salt and pepper and set
- 4
Make the Pepper Pomegranate Glaze: of red pepper flakes, taste, and add more, if desired), pome- granate molasses, and agave nectar. Season with a pinch of
- 5
Top the Flatbread: Spread ricotta cheese on baked flatbreads and season with 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper. Top with butternut squash-walnut mixture and green onion. You can serve the flatbread immediately or pop it back in the oven for another 2 minutes to warm through.
- 6
Plate the Dish: Garnish flatbread with bleu cheese crumbles and pep- per-pomegranate glaze. Cut into wedges and serve.