Orange, bacon and cheese stuffed kumara

Serve on its own for a light lunch or serve as a side with your favourite meat or fish main. The natural sweetness of kumara is scented with fresh orange to give it a lighter feel. Kumara tastes best when cooked whole in its skin. Choose medium sized and a nice boat shaped kumara to make this dish.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Appetiser, Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish, Snack
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 Kumara medium sized, about 300g each
  • 100 g smoked streaky bacon chopped
  • ½ orange
  • 100 g Cheddar cheese grated
  • 2 tbsp porridge oats
  • Superb Herb Parsley chopped
  • Oil for drizzling

Instructions
 

  • Wash kumara well. Be careful not to break the skin.
  • Put kumara on a microwave proof plate and cook high for 5 minutes. Insert a skewer in the thickest part to test if they are cooked. If the skewer goes in easily, it is cooked. If not cook for another 1 minute.
  • Cut in half lengthways and scoop the flesh into a bowl, retaining the skins. Mash the flesh until smooth.
  • Fry bacon in a small nonstick frying pan  slowly until crisp. Mix the bacon, grated rind of ½ orange and juice of ½ orange and cheese with mashed kumara. Season with salt & pepper.
  • Stuff ¼ of the filling into the skins and sprinkle with oats. Drizzle some oil and top with parsley.
  • Grill under a medium heat for 5-10 minutes until golden.

Notes

Tip: If you don't want to use the Microwave - you need to bake the kumura in a 200°C oven for 45 minutes - 1 hour.
Keyword gluten free, kid friendly
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