Tomato Plate with Roasted Squash
This recipe makes a bit more coffee rub than you might use to roast the squash. Save it and use it on roast chicken, carrots, pork, swordfish, and/or beets.
Ingredients
2 T ground coffee
1/2 tsp Chinese 5 spice
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp brown sugar
3 large tomatoes
1 delicata squash
olive oil
fresh goat cheese
pepitas, toasted
basil
Method
- Combine the coffee, spices, salt, and sugar.
- Heat oven to 400F
- Cut the squash into half moons (scooping the seeds out before cutting)
- Toss with a glug of oil and the coffee rub and roast until tender
- Slice the tomatoes and lay on serving platter
- Top with the roasted squash
- Drizzle with olive oil
- Dot goat cheese over the top
- Sprinkle with pepitas and torn basil
