Leftover squash pancakes

Use up your leftover butternut squash in these wonderfully thick vegetarian pancakes, with Parmesan cheese, nutmeg and rosemary.

• Author: Jamie Oliver

• Cook Time: 15 minutes

• Yield: 12

Ingredients

• 250 g leftover roasted squash

• 1 fresh red chilli

• 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary

• 30 g Parmesan cheese , plus extra to serve

• 1 large free-range egg

• 280 ml semi-skimmed milk

• 150 g self-raising flour

• 1 whole nutmeg , for grating

• olive oil

• rocket
  

Instructions

1. Remove the skin from the roasted squash, then deseed and finely chop the chilli. Pick and finely chop the rosemary leaves, discarding the stalks, and finely grate the Parmesan.

2. In a large bowl, mash the squash with a fork, then whisk in the egg, milk and flour. Add the chilli, rosemary, Parmesan and a grating of nutmeg.

3. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and, once hot, add half a ladle of mixture per pancake into the pan. Cook for 1 to 2 mins on each side, until golden and crisp.

4. Keep warm in a low oven until ready, then serve with and extra grating of Parmesan and some rocket.

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