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.
Sarah
I haven’t bought Cirio tomatoes in too long and I should! Much better than some other varieties. Thanks for putting them back in my mind. 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, glad to have jogged your memory:-)
Isabella
What a lovely colourful recipe! (I love your white casserole dish as well!) chorizo and butternut is a match made in heaven, love cirio tomatoes – always on the lookout for them being on special offer so I can stock up!
Camilla
Thanks Isabella (dish is Le Creuset), yes I stock up too when they’re on offer;-)
Helen Clark
This looks and sounds delicious. I love one-pot cooking so will give this a go. I’m not a huge fan of chorizo so will think of something to substitute that with
Camilla
Thanks Helen, someone else mentioned Quorn chorizo?
Claire Jessiman
Like you I’m a big fan of Cirio tomatoes (thanks for linking to my recipe) Chorizo and Tomato really is a match made in heaven. I’ve never used bulgar wheat in a one pot dish so must give it a try.
Camilla
Thanks Claire, yes Cirio tomatoes make a huge difference to a dish:-)
Leanne
Oh I love a recipe that just requires you chucking everything into one container to cook! So convinient
Camilla
Thanks Leanne;-)
Helen at Casa Costello
What beautiful colours – I love that this dish contains products that we pretty much always have readily available. Including the splash of sherry!
Camilla
Thanks Helen. I need to buy some more sherry as I use it so much in cooking:-)
Nayna Kanabar
What a delicious recipe, I would love to make a veggie version of this.
Camilla
Thanks Nayna, I’m sure that would be very possible:-)
Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours
Cirio is wonderful, it was fascinating when I travelled to Italy with them two years ago.
Camilla
Yes I remember seeing your tip splashed across social media at the time, looked fantastic:-)
Ceri Jones
This looks great. I love one pot dishes as I hate washing up! Bulghur wheat doesn’t agree with me so maybe I could swap for buckwheat. Adore chorizo smokey flavours – lovely!
Camilla
Thanks Kerry or maybe you could use quinoa!
nicol
ive never tried butternut squash before! i do love chorizo though nom
Camilla
Oh you’re missing out then it is so delicious!