In association with Cirio
This spicy One Pot Butternut Squash and Chorizo Casserole is the perfect midweek family meal. As well as Butternut Squash and chorizo, ingredients include bulgar wheat, bell pepper, celery, paprika, cumin seeds and sherry! Just serve with crusty bread or toast to mop up the juices.
I adore Cirio tomatoes and as long as they’re in the cupboard I never feel very far away from a really good meal.
Unlike cheap tinned tomatoes, the Cirio ones are grown in Italy and are just vastly superior in flavour, colour and texture, you really can’t go wrong with them!
So today I’m bringing you my One Pot Butternut Squash and Chorizo Casserole that I’ve been dying to share with you as the first time I made it I didn’t photograph it.
So when Cirio got in touch and asked me to develop a recipe for them I knew I had to give this delicious dish its moment of glory!
The flavoursome Cirio chopped tomatoes form the perfect backdrop to the butternut squash, chorizo, cumin, paprika and sherry flavours and bulgar wheat provides some lovely texture to the mix as well as absorbing lots of the lovely juices.
My family love this casserole for its flavour and I love it as it saves on washing up in the evening as it’s all cooked in one pot. Served with some crusty bread or toast for a hearty meal!
If preparing a butternut squash puts you off cooking with them then the easiest way to prepare one is to slice off the top and bottom, prick it over with a fork and microwave for about 3 minutes on full power.
Allow to cool and the skin will then glide off with a vegetable peeler and the flesh will be easier to cut as it will be slightly cooked.
More Recipes Using Tinned Tomatoes
I do hope you try my One Pot Butternut Squash and Chorizo Casserole as I’m sure you’ll love it! For more recipes using Cirio tomatoes, you might like these:
- Slow Cooked Chicken Italian
- Easy Slow Cooker Beef Curry
- Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stew
- 5 Minute Tomato Soup – Curried
- Simple Prawn, Mushroom & Spinach Curry
- Shakshuka Spicy Tomato Bake Eggs
- Jolof Spaghetti
- Fagioli All’Ullcelletto (Beans in Tomato Sauce)
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NB: This post was commissioned by Cirio and all opinions are my own.
One Pot Butternut Squash and Chorizo Casserole
Equipment
- 1 Chopping Board
- 1 cook’s knife
- 1 set digital scales
- 1 Wooden spoon
- 1 Measuring jug
- 1 Set measuring spoons
- 1 Garlic crusher
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Rapeseed oil
- 1 Onion sliced
- 2 Garlic cloves crushed
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 50 g Chorizo diced (sliced & cut into 4 pieces)
- 1 Butternut Squash diced
- 1 Red pepper large, chopped
- 4 Celery stalks sliced
- 400 g Tin Cirio chopped tomatoes
- 450 ml Vegetable stock
- Splash of sherry
- 75 g Bulgur wheat
- Freshly ground salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan/wok and sweat the onion and garlic over a medium heat, under a lid until softened, stirring occasionally (takes about 10 minutes).
- Add the celery, cumin seeds and paprika and gently fry for another 2 minutes.
- Make a well in the centre, add the chorizo and fry until cooked through.
- Add the butternut squash and red pepper fry for another couple of minutes whilst stirring.
- Then add the Cirio chopped tomatoes, vegetable stock, splash of sherry, salt and pepper.
- Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add the bulgur wheat and simmer for another 15 minutes but this time with a lid on.
- Serve with crusty bread or toast to mop up the juices.
Liz Mays
This sounds really good. I love butternut squash and the tomatoes, garlic and onions will add some serious flavor.
Camilla
Thanks Liz, yes this is a really tasty dish:-)
Sammie
I adore Cirio and have been using their passata and tinned tomatoes for years. It is true that they cost a bit more, but the flavour is vastly superior so I use less – I also stock up on them when on offer. I have yet to cook with bulgar wheat and this recipe seems the perfect introduction. We all love chorizo and butternut squash so pinned in order to make! Thanks for sharing another brilliant recipe. Sammie x
Camilla
Aaw, thank you Sammi, glad you like Cirio tomatoes products just as much as I do! If you buy some bulgur wheat just don’t serve it up to your guests as demarara sugar which I once did to my dad:-) He couldn’t understand why his coffee wasn’t getting any sweeter LOL!
Ana De- Jesus
I love butternut squash and I bet that quorn chorizo slices would taste so good so I can have my own veggie version too xxx
Camilla
Yes Ana, I didn’t know you could get quorn chorizo but that would work well to I’m sure:-)
Harriet from Toby & Roo
Well this just looks super tasty! I am constantly looking for new recipes to shovel some more veg into the kids, this is ideal! H x
Camilla
Thanks Harriet, yes this dish is quite healthy what with the veggies and the lycopene in the tomatoes:-)
Lynette
I think I have two people in my household that will adore your casserole. Thanks for the recipe!
Camilla
Excellent Lynette, so pleased to hear that:-)
Rebecca Smith
Oh this sounds like my kind of meal! Will definitely have to add this to my to-try list
Camilla
Fabulous Rebecca, do let me know what you think:-)
Sarah Bailey
Oh wow this sounds delicious – I have to admit I’ve not had butternut squash in a long time. x
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, well you really should have some again then;-)
Sam McKean
This sounds amazing, I can’t wait to try cooking it!
Camilla
Thanks Sam;-)
Rhian Westbury
You can’t go wrong with a good cassarole. Looks lovely, great recipe x
Camilla
Thanks Rhian:-)
Dom
looks so tempting! I love the colours and the chorizo must lift this dish into a delightful, punchy meal!
Camilla
Thank you Dom, yes the Chorizo really does elevate this meal:-)