Stuffed Butternut Squash | MummyPages.ie

Ingredients

• 100g pearl barley
• 1 large butternut squash (about 1.5kg)
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• ½ a leek, finely chopped
• 100g chestnut mushrooms, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tbsp pine nuts
• 1 tbsp flaked almonds
• 1 tsp paprika
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme, leaves chopped
• 30g apricots, chopped
• Zest of 1 lemon
• For the tahini sauce
• 2 tbsp tahini
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 tbsp honey
• small bunch parsley, chopped