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🍽️ Crunchy Pumpkin Bulgur Salad with Mozzarella
588 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 100 g bulgur
- 1 Hokkaido pumpkin (at 800 g)
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- 3 red-fleshed apples
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 pinch whole cane sugar
- 1 handful lamb's lettuce (at 20 g)
- 1 handful parsley leaf (at 5 g)
- 0.5 lemon (juice)
- 250 g mozzarella (45 % fat in dry matter)
- 1 heaped tbsp pistachio kernels (at 20 g)
- 4 tsp green pesto (at 5 g)
Instructions
- 1. Place the bulgur in a bowl and cover it with warm water. Let it soak for 15 minutes.
- 2. Wash the pumpkin, cut it in half, remove the seeds, and slice it into wedges.
- 3. Brush the pumpkin wedges with 2 tablespoons of oil.
- 4. Heat a grill pan or the grill and cook the pumpkin wedges for about 15 minutes over medium heat, turning them on all sides.
- 5. Season the cooked pumpkin with salt and pepper.
- 6. Cook the soaked bulgur in boiling salted water for 5 minutes.
- 7. Drain the bulgur and let it drip dry.
- 8. Peel the apples, remove the core, and cut them into wedges.
- 9. Heat butter in a pan.
- 10. Sauté the apple wedges for 3 minutes over medium heat.
- 11. Sprinkle the apples with 1 pinch of sugar.
- 12. Deglaze the apples with 2 to 3 tablespoons of water.
- 13. Cook the apples for another 2 to 3 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally.
- 14. Let the apple wedges cool down completely.
- 15. Wash the corn salad and the parsley.
- 16. Spin the greens dry.
- 17. Mix the drained bulgur with lemon juice and the remaining oil.
- 18. Season the bulgur mixture to taste.
- 19. Spread the bulgur as a base on the plates.
- 20. Halve the mozzarella and place the halves on the bulgur with the cut side facing down.
- 21. Arrange the grilled pumpkin, the cooled apple wedges, and the corn salad around the mozzarella on the plate.
- 22. Sprinkle the salad with pistachios.
- 23. Drizzle the mozzarella with pesto.
- 24. Garnish the dish with fresh parsley.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 588
- Protein: 17 g · Fett/Fat: 35 g · Carbs: 50 g