Honey and Hazelnut Hasselback Pumpkin

Ingredients

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (fan forced). Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Slice pumpkin in half lengthways, remove seeds with a spoon and peel skin with a potato peeler. Place pumpkin halves cut side down on a chopping board and slice across the pumpkin, taking care not to cut all the way to the board. Repeat down the length of the pumpkin approx. 3-5mm apart. TIP: Use a chopstick placed either side of the pumpkin half to stop your knife so it doesn’t cut all the way through.
3. In a small bowl, combine the melted butter, honey, Dijon and thyme leaves, mix well. Place pumpkin on a prepared oven tray and brush with honey mixture. Insert sage leaves into some of the cuts in the pumpkin halves and sprinkle both halves with salt and pepper.
4. Bake for 50 minutes, then top the pumpkins with the hazelnuts and bake for a further 5 minutes until the hazelnuts are golden and the pumpkin is fork-tender.

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