Harissa hasselback courgettes with butter bean and tahini dip and dukkah
Courgettes are sliced hasselback-style and marinated with fiery harissa. Paired with a creamy butterbean and tahini dip and smoky dukkah, this is a delicious vegan summertime dish.
- Cooking:
- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- 4courgettes
- 2tspharissa
- 4tsp olive oil
- lemon juice, (fresh)
- salt
- pepper
- 1handful ofcoriander, roughly chopped
- 3tbsp ofchopped hazelnuts
- 1tbsp ofsesame seeds
- 1pinch ofcoriander seeds
- 1pinch ofcumin seeds
- 1pinch ofsea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 400g of tinned butter beans, drained
- ½garlic clove
- 1tbsp oftahini
- salt
- lemon
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6Step 2
Place a wooden spoon alongside the courgette, this will stop you from cutting all the way through. Slice into the courgette until you hit the spoon, about 5mm in between each slice. Repeat with each courgetteStep 3
Mix the harissa with the oil and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and season with salt and pepperStep 4
Massage the marinade into the courgettes and into each crack, this is a bit faffy but is worth it to get good flavour all the way through. Reserve any leftover marinadeStep 5
Place in the oven and roast for 30–40 minutes or until the courgettes are nice and caramelisedStep 6
In the meantime make the rest of the dish. To make the dukkah, toast the sesame seeds, cumin seeds and coriander seeds in a hot dry pan until light golden and fragrantStep 7
Leave to cool then mix with the hazelnuts and season with salt and pepper. Store in an airtight container, it will keep indefinitelyStep 8
Place the beans in a blender with the garlic and tahini and blend to a smooth paste. Add a little water to loosen, then taste and season with salt, pepper and lemon juiceStep 9
Serve the courgettes warm with the dip, dukkah and some fresh coriander. Drizzle over any of the leftover harissa marinade