Prawns in Butternut Squash
This is based on a Brazilian favourite, a festive dish called Camarao na Moranga, which is a large pumpkin filled with prawns in a spicy, creamy cheese and tomato sauce. Butternut squash is easier to serve individually and tastes lovely. You can't buy pimenta-de-cheiro here, but chili flakes work very nicely. My final change is to omit cream because butternut squash goes well with a slightly sharper sauce.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 16 ingredients — the other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Cream Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 99 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Prawn | not in our table | 0 |
| Leaf | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 4 small butternut squash: halved, seeds removed, and placed in roasting pan, cut side up
- 24 Slices of ginger
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Olive oil to drizzle
- 1/2 cup Water
- Prawn filling for 4 people:
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 6 medium tomatoes, de-seeded, and preferably peeled too
- Salt
- 1 basil leaf
- Coriander, ground
- 800g or up to 1Kg shelled Prawns, no heads, no tails
- Chilli flakes or fresh pepper to taste
- 4 tbsp cream cheese (E.g.: Philadelphia or St. Moritz)
- Coriander, roughly chopped