Fr. Meyer's Caramelized Buttercup Squash (or Butternut)
Recipe: #36213
January 03, 2021
Categories: Side Dishes, Squash, New England, Christmas, Sunday Dinner, Thanksgiving, Oven Roast, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Butter/Margarine, Kosher Dairy, more
"This is one of my favorite ways to have squash. During a conversation with Fr. Meyer regarding what we liked for Thanksgiving dinner, Fr. Meyer mentioned how he loved squash made this way. I made it for our Thanksgiving for my family and we all absolutely adored it. I normally use buttercup and find it to be sweeter than butternut, but both are very good. The more orange the flesh of either squash the better tasting it will be, the only problem is that you only know once you've cut into it and by then it's already been purchased."
Original is 6-8 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (326.6 g)
- Calories 270.6
- Total Fat - 11.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.4 g
- Cholesterol - 30.5 mg
- Sodium - 595.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 43.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.1 g
- Sugars - 15 g
- Protein - 3.2 g
- Calcium - 149.8 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 63.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2
Cut off and discard the stem section and the opposite end, being careful not to cut too much into the flesh so as not to waste. Peel off the skin and cut in half lengthwise, removing and discarding seeds.
Step 3
Cut the squash into 1 1/4 to 1 1/2-inch cubed pieces and place them on a baking sheet, such as a cookie sheet with rims. In a bowl, add the butter pieces, brown sugar, salt, and pepper. With clean hands, toss all the ingredients together and spread in a single layer on the baking sheet. Be careful not to have too many pieces in a single cookie sheet, so as they have enough room to carmelize instead of steaming. You may have to divide the squash into two baking sheets.
Step 4
Roast for 45 to 55 minutes, until the squash is tender and the glaze begins to caramelize. While roasting, turn the squash a few times with a spatula, to be sure it browns evenly. Taste for seasonings, serve hot, and enjoy.
Tips
No special items needed.
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