Chicken with butternut squash, or pumpkin, and pesto tart
A puff pastry base, flavoured with pesto and topped with squash and chicken
Servings: 4
Calories: 433kcal
Cost: 56p per tart
Equipment
- chopping board
- small sharp knife
- baking tray
- frying pan
Ingredients
Base
- 213 g puff pastry one sheet of pastry is 320g, we use ⅔ in this recipe
Toppings
- 140 g chicken cooked, or a little more if uncooked
- 125 g butternut squash or pumpkin
- 4 tblsp pesto red or green
- 1 pinch dried oregano
- 1 tblsp olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Prepare the butternut squash or pumpkin by peeling, removing the seeds and slicing into crescents.125 g butternut squash
- Toss the butternut squash with olive oil, dried oregano, salt and pepper. Roast the squash in a hot oven until cooked through.1 pinch dried oregano, 1 tblsp olive oil, salt and pepper
- If your chicken is raw, cut into small pieces, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper, and cook in a frying pan until cooked through and it has released the excess water.140 g chicken
- Cut the puff pastry sheet into 6, we will be using 4 pieces for this meal, so return the remaining 2 pieces to the freezer, or use for something else.213 g puff pastry
- Put 1 or 2 tablespoons of pesto onto each of the four puff pastry pieces, spread it over.4 tblsp pesto
- Top with the roasted butternut squash or pumpkin crescents.
- If your chicken is raw, cut into small pieces, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper, and cook in a frying pan until cooked through and it has released the excess water.
- Place the cooked chicken pieces on top and drizzle with the cooking oil from the chicken and squash.
- Bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes until risen, puffy and golden.
- Serve immediately with a crisp green salad, roasted vegetables or anything else you fancy. Would be good cold the next day for packed lunches.
Notes
This recipe is part of a series to feed your family for a week on 1 medium chicken that has been poached.
Poached chicken recipes
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- Poached chicken
- Spaghetti with olives, sultanas and lemon 140g chicken
- Oaty, nutty, seedy chicken and mushroom crumble 140g chicken
- Chicken and rice salad - red peppers from a jar, peas, gherkins, raisins 140g chicken and some of the stock
- Chicken and something Pizza, sweetcorn, onion, red pepper, mozzarella and cheddar 140g chicken
- Coronation Chicken Jacket Potato – 140g chicken
- Red Cabbage Waldorf with apple, walnut and dressing – 140g chicken
- Chicken Tart with Butternut Squash, Lemon Zest & Parmesan – 140g chicken, this recipe
- this comes out at a total of 28 portions, which is amazing!
Roasted chicken recipes
- Roast chicken, 400g chicken, gravy, with stuffing, 4 portions
- Risotto, 140g chicken, onion, half the the stock, some vegetables butter and parmesan, 4 portions
- Pizza, 117g chicken, tomato sauce, maybe some stuffing, 4 portions
- Spicy Pasta Bake, white sauce, 120g chicken, onion, spices, stuffing, 4 portions
- Tart, 100g chicken, onions, sweetcorn, couple of eggs, no cheese, stuffing, 4 portions
- Pie, 100g chicken, some of the gravy, onion, maybe some sweetcorn or mushrooms, maybe some stuffing, 4 portions
- Soup with the remaining half of the stock, red lentils, onion, spices, 4 portions
Nutrition
Serving: 0g | Calories: 433kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 284mg | Potassium: 174mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 3644IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 2mg
