RECIPE : Savoury Butternut Squash and Cheese Crumble with 1057 Scottish Cheddar Cheese

Do you have loads of veg or random ingredients left over in your fridge with no idea on how you can use them? A savoury cheese crumble is one of the easiest meals to make and you can add as many ingredients as you want to it, and it’ll still taste superb!

This is my Butternut and Basil Savoury Cheese Crumble but you can add leeks and bacon in with the butternut, or swop the bacon for mushrooms to make it a vegetarian dish. Other variations include Chicken, leek and asparagus OR Spinach and Ricotta.

If you have kids, its also a tasty way to get them to eat their veg!

RECIPE : Savoury Butternut Squash and Cheese Crumble with 1057 Scottish Cheddar Cheese

INGREDIENTS

• 400g of butternut, cut, seeded and diced

• 4 cloves of garlic

• handful of basil leaves

• 250ml double cream

• 1057 Scottish Cheddar Cheese

• 175g self raising flour

• 100g butter, chilled and cubed

METHOD

• Preheat your oven to 190 degrees (170 degrees with fan)

• Place your butternut in a frying pan with a splash of water. Once the water is evaporated, add in a teaspoon of butter and allow to cook on a low heat until the edges start to caramelise.

• Peel and dice your garlic cloves and add them into the butternut and butter. Cook slowly.

• For the crumble, place the flour in a bowl and rub in the butter using your fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

• Take a handful of the crumble mix along with the basil (you can adjust this to your taste) place in a blender and blitz until the basil is finely mixed into the crumble mixture.

• Mix in the basil crumble with the remaining plain crumble mix and set aside.

• Grate a whole block of 1057 Scottish Cheddar cheese.

• Once your butternut and garlic is cooked add in your cream and half the grated cheese. Stir.

• Pour this mixture into an ovenproof dish and then top with the crumble mix and the remaining grated cheese.

• Place in an oven for around 30 minutes, until golden brown and bubbling.

• Serve with greens like broccoli, asparagus and green beans.

My crumble was extremely cheesy but I am a huge cheese fan, and the cheesier the better. The crumble is soft and luscious but do remove it from the oven as soon as it starts to go golden otherwise it will become very dry. Also once removed from the oven leave it to sit for 5-10 minutes to set.

1057 Cheddar Cheese can by purchased from Amazon HERE

My other 1057 Cheddar Cheese recipes can be viewed HERE